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Marijuana use in U.S. teen drivers: a comparison of a road-side survey of reported use and fluid tests for tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) [PDF]

Injury Epidemiology, 2019
Background Although the growth of state-level legalization of marijuana is aimed at increasing availability for adults and the chronically ill, one fear is that this trend may also increase accessibility in younger populations.
Joyce C. Pressley, Arushi Arora, Raina Sarmah   +2 more
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ProjectDRIVE: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial to improve driving practices of high-risk teen drivers with a traffic violation [PDF]

Injury Epidemiology
Background Teen drivers with a traffic violation are at increased risk for crashes and crash-related injuries; however, most parent-focused interventions target teen drivers with supervised learner’s permits. Very few interventions are implemented at the
Jingzhen Yang, Corinne Peek-Asa, Ying Zhang, Cara Hamann, Motao Zhu, Yang Wang, Archana Kaur, Robyn Recker, Dominique Rose, Lisa Roth   +9 more
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Teen Drivers' Perceptions of Their Peer Passengers: Qualitative Study. [PDF]

Transp Res Rec, 2015
The presence of peer passengers increases the risk of fatal crashes among teenage drivers. Distraction and social influence are the two main factors associated with this increased risk. Teen drivers' perceptions of their peer passengers with regard to distraction and social influence could help inform the understanding of the conditions under which ...
Ehsani JP, Haynie DL, Luthers C, Perlus J, Gerber E, Ouimet MC, Klauer SG, Simons-Morton B.   +7 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

Promoting transportation safety in adolescence: the drivingly randomized controlled trial [PDF]

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background The impact of young drivers’ motor vehicle crashes (MVC) is substantial, with young drivers constituting only 14% of the US population, but contributing to 30% of all fatal and nonfatal injuries due to MVCs and 35% ($25 billion) of the all ...
Jessica Hafetz, Catherine C. McDonald, D. Leann Long, Carol A. Ford, Thandwa Mdluli, Andrew Weiss, Jackson Felkins, Nicole Wilson, Bradley MacDonald   +8 more
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Teen drivers' awareness of vehicle instrumentation in naturalistic research. [PDF]

J Safety Res, 2017
Naturalistic driving methods require the installation of instruments and cameras in vehicles to record driving behavior. A critical, yet unexamined issue in naturalistic driving research is the extent to which the vehicle instruments and cameras used for naturalistic methods change human behavior.
Ehsani JP, Haynie D, Ouimet MC, Zhu C, Guillaume C, Klauer SG, Dingus T, Simons-Morton BG.   +7 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

Teen driver system modeling: a tool for policy analysis [PDF]

Injury Epidemiology, 2018
Background Motor vehicle crashes remain the leading cause of teen deaths in spite of preventive efforts. Prevention strategies could be advanced through new analytic approaches that allow us to better conceptualize the complex processes underlying teen ...
Celestin Missikpode, Corinne Peek-Asa, Daniel V. McGehee, James Torner, Wayne Wakeland, Robert Wallace   +5 more
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A contemporary examination of the effect of driver training for reducing crash risk in novice adolescent drivers: protocol for the DRIVER study, a random assignment trial [PDF]

Injury Epidemiology
Background Motor vehicle crashes and resultant fatalities remain disproportionately high among young drivers, with crash risk peaking immediately after licensure.
Elizabeth A. Walshe, Daniel Romer, Michael R. Elliott, Keith S. Baxelbaum, M. Kit Delgado, Jeffrey P. Ebert, Flaura K. Winston   +6 more
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The Teen Driver [PDF]

Pediatrics, 2018
For many teenagers, obtaining a driver’s license is a rite of passage, conferring the ability to independently travel to school, work, or social events. However, immaturity, inexperience, and risky behavior put newly licensed teen drivers at risk. Motor vehicle crashes are the most common cause of mortality and injury for adolescents and young adults ...
Elizabeth M. Alderman, Brian D. Johnston, Cora Breuner, Laura K. Grubb, Makia Powers, Krishna Upadhya, Stephenie Wallace, Benjamin D. Hoffman, Kyran Quinlan, Phyllis Agran, Sarah Denny, Michael Hirsh, Lois Lee, Kathy Monroe, Judy Schaechter, Milton Tenenbein, Mark R. Zonfrillo   +16 more
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Shaping the Habits of Teen Drivers [PDF]

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2021
We show that a targeted law can modify teens’ risky behavior. We examine the effects of an Australian intervention banning first-year drivers from driving late at night with multiple peers, which had accounted for one-fifth of their traffic fatalities.
Timothy J. Moore, Todd Morris
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Understanding the potential key risk factors associated with teen driver crashes in the United States: a literature review

Digital Transportation and Safety, 2023
This article is a compilation of teen driver crash contributing factors typically extractable from the crash data collection system in the United States.
Md Mahmud Hossain, M. Ashifur Rahman
doaj   +1 more source