Global Road Safety Week 2007 Resources |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Teens Behind the Wheel: Graduated Driver Licensing Offers facts about and research related to GDL systems. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Traffic Safety Facts: Graduated Driver Licensing Systems (PDF) Provides facts and information about GDL systems.
National Evaluation of Graduated Driver Licensing Programs Offers an evaluation of the effectiveness of state GDL programs and a comparison of the safety benefits of different program components.
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Graduated Driver Licensing Reduces Fatal Crashes by 11 Percent Provides a press release about an evaluation of GDL and a link to a quiz testing your knowledge about GDL programs. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Licensing systems for young drivers Offers state-by-state ratings and descriptions of GDL laws. Provides a table listing licensing requirements for U.S. states and the District of Columbia. American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators Graduated Driver Licensing Information Provides an overview of GDL laws and practices, and general safety information for young drivers.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Provides information about teen drivers, including general data and risk factors. Offers recent and current research and activities. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Traffic Safety Facts: Young Driver (PDF) Provides data about deaths and injuries among young drivers during 2005. Offers an informational brochure for parents and teens, Q&A about GDL, fact sheets, relevant press releases, and focus group findings about communication strategies. American Driver and Traffic Safety Education Association Brain Development and Risk-Taking in Adolescent Drivers Provides information about adolescent brain development and how it relates to road safety. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Offers data and statistics, Q&A, research papers, brochures in English and Spanish, and information about an educational video. National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Mental Health Teenage Brain: A Work in Progress Provides a brief overview of research about brain development during adolescence. National Safety Council Offers research studies, educational materials, statistics and webcast.
AAA Government Relations and Traffic Safety Advocacy Provides facts about teen drivers, information about the campaign to reduce youth reckless driving, parent guidelines and contracts, state GDL laws and more. American Driver and Traffic Safety Education Association Parent-Teen Driving Agreements: Contracts for Safety? Offers tips for parents and teens and information about parent-teen contracts. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Beginning Teenage Drivers (English PDF) Conductores Adolescentes Principiantes (Spanish PDF) Provides a brochure with an overview of teen drivers and GDL. National Safety Council Family Guide to Teen Driver Safety Offers tips, suggestions and actions parents and guardians can take to manage the risks of teen driving. Graduated Driver Licensing Tool Kit (PDF for state leaders and decision makers The Healthy States Initiative is a partnership of The Council of State Governments (CSG), the National Black Caucus of State Legislators and the National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators. Together with CDC's Injury Center they developed a GDL tool kit to help people learn more about GDL systems, why GDL laws are needed, and what state legislators can do to improve the laws and to support parental enforcement. Talking points, additional resources and state-specific legislation are also provided. Graduated Licensing: A Blueprint for North America (PDF) Insurance Institute for Highway Safety & Traffic Injury Research Foundation provides research-based recommendations for the structure and characteristics of GDL systems.
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