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Abstract #163859

Mighty Fine, MPH, Center for Learning & Global Public Health, American Public Health Association, 800 I Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001-3710, 202-777-2493, mighty.fine@apha.org

The Young Driver (15-20)

Underage Access to Alcohol

Youth are over-represented in alcohol-related crashes related to the number of licensed drivers in this age group. Access to alcohol has been identified as a major contributor to underage drinking, and may play a factor in underage impaired driving.

This portion of the session will include an overview of alcohol related crashes among the young driver population, using data from both NHTSA and other federal sources (e.g. the Youth Risk Behavior Survey), and a summary of the ICCPUD report and activities addressing this problem. An explanation and status report of NHTSA's underage drinking demonstration projects should also be provided.

Seat Belt Use Young people are consistently among those least likely to wear seatbelts as a driver or passenger in a motor vehicles. A presentation of the National Occupant Protection Use Survey as it relates to this age group, as well as discussion of belt use in fatalities should be the introduction to this session.

Graduated License Laws This portion of the session will be dedicated to the review of the literature which evaluated the effectiveness of these restrictions, including the most important ones, an overview of current state laws regarding graduated licenses and efforts to enforce them.

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