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- Title
Mileage, car ownership, experience of punishment avoidance, and the risky driving of young drivers.
- Authors
Scott-Parker, B; Watson, B; King, M J; Hyde, M K
- Abstract
Young drivers are at greatest risk of injury or death from a car crash in the first 6 months of independent driving. In Queensland, the graduated driver licensing (GDL) program was extensively modified in July 2007 in order to reduce this risk. Increased mileage and car ownership have been found to play a role in risky driving, offenses, and crashes; however, GDL programs typically do not consider these variables. In addition, young novice drivers' experiences of punishment avoidance have not previously been examined. This article explores the mileage (duration and distance), car ownership, and punishment avoidance behaviors of young newly licensed intermediate (provisional) drivers and their relationship to risky driving, crashes, and offenses.
- Publication
Traffic injury prevention, 2011, Vol 12, Issue 6, p559
- ISSN
1538-957X
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1080/15389588.2011.621000