The youngest new drivers are typically thought to have the highest crash rates among teens, but some 16- and 17-year-olds may be safer drivers than 18-year-olds. Teen drivers who received their licenses before age 18 and who participated in mandatory driver education, behind-the-wheel training and graduated driver licensing (GDL) restrictions were better prepared and less likely to crash than 18-year-old drivers who did not go through the same standardized preparation.
Those are the main findings of a new study released on Monday by the Center for Injury Research and Prevention (CIRP) at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) that supports reevaluating licensing policies in all states in
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