| Evaluation of a program to enhance young drivers' safety in Israel. | |
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PMID: 22269560 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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Young drivers in Israel, as in other parts of the world, are involved in car crashes more than any other age group. The graduated driver licensing system in Israel requires that all new drivers be accompanied by an experienced driver whenever they drive for the first 3months after obtaining a driving license. In an effort to make the accompanied driving phase more effective, a novel program which targets both young drivers and their parents was initiated in 2005. The program administers a personal meeting with the young driver and the accompanying parent scheduled for the beginning of the accompanied driving phase. In this meeting guidance is given regarding best practices for undertaking the accompanied driving, as well as tips for dealing with in-vehicle parent-teen dynamics. Through 2008, almost 130,000 families of young drivers have participated in the program. In order to evaluate the effectiveness of the program, injury crash records of the young drivers who participated in the program were compared with those of all other young drivers that were licensed at the same time period. The results obtained indicate statistically significant lower crash records for young drivers that participated in the program. Limitations of the evaluation related to self-selection biases are discussed, and practical implications are suggested. |
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Tomer Toledo; Tsippy Lotan; Orit Taubman-Ben-Ari; Einat Grimberg |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2011-10-24 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Accident; analysis and prevention Volume: 45 ISSN: 1879-2057 ISO Abbreviation: Accid Anal Prev Publication Date: 2012 Mar |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2012-01-24 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 1254476 Medline TA: Accid Anal Prev Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 705-10 Citation Subset: IM |
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Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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Transportation Research Institute, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel. |
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