NIH-funded studies show limits on night driving, teen passengers, further reduces deaths
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–November 4, 2011. Programs that grant privileges to new drivers in phases — known as graduated licensing programs — dramatically reduce the rate of teen driver fatal crashes, according to three studies funded by the National Institutes of Health.
Such graduated licensing laws were adopted by all 50 states and the District of Columbia between 1996 and 2011. The NIH-supported research effort…
