Various media have reported on a nationwide study that shows that tougher licensing laws for teenage drivers have reduced deadly accidents among 16- and 17-year-olds — but that it increased the fatal crash rate among 18-year-olds.\u00a0 The “graduated driver license” programs are credited with a 30 percent drop in fatalities among new drivers.\u00a0 When researchers looked at the impact on all young drivers, however, they found that 18- and 19-year-old drivers were dying a a higher rate.\u00a0 Said a researcher:\u00a0 “In fact, 75 percent of the fatal crashes we thought we were saving actually just occurred two years later. It\u2019s shocking.”<\/p>\n
Even if we’re still 25 percent ahead of the game, something’s wrong with this picture.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Various media have reported on a nationwide study that shows that tougher licensing laws for teenage drivers have reduced deadly accidents among 16- and 17-year-olds — but that it increased the fatal crash rate among 18-year-olds.\u00a0 The “graduated driver license” … Continue reading