166815 Problem(s) with Teen Drivers and How Graduated Driver Licensing Helps

Saturday, November 3, 2007: 10:15 AM

Robert Foss, PhD , Director, Center for the Study of Young Drivers, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Content: Graduated Drivers License has been proven effective in reducing teen automobile crashes. This session will introduce participants to basic epidemiologic data on teen driver crashes, identifying several common misperceptions as well. This will be followed by an explanation of how graduated driver licensing systems reduce crash rates among young novice drivers. A principle-based approach to developing, or enhancing, a GDL system that will achieve the maximum benefit available from this social policy approach to adolescent injury prevention will be presented.

Teaching Methods: This session will incorporate didactic teaching methods while incorporating audience participation and interaction. Participants will be openly discuss GDL across states and hear suggestions of faculty as well as other participants.

Learning Objectives:
By the end of this presentation participants will be able to: · Recognize the defining characteristics of teen driver crashes in the U.S. · Explain how graduated driver licensing systems work to reduce young driver crash rates · Recognize the strengths and limitations of the Graduated License (GDL)

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Any relevant financial relationships? No
Any institutionally-contracted trials related to this submission?

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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