TY - JOUR
T1 - Parent-imposed limits on high-risk adolescent driving
T2 - Are they stricter with graduated driver licensing?
AU - Hartos, Jessica L.
AU - Simons-Morton, Bruce G.
AU - Beck, Kenneth H.
AU - Leaf, William A.
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding for the Maryland study by the Maryland Department of Transportation, State Highway Administration, and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD); funding in Connecticut by the NICHD through contract number No. 1-HD-8-3285 to Preusser Research Group Inc., Trumbull, CT; cooperation provided by the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration and Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles.
PY - 2005/5
Y1 - 2005/5
N2 - The purpose of this study was to determine whether parent-imposed limits on 16-year-old high-risk driving are stricter in Maryland (MD), a state with graduated driver licensing (GDL) than in Connecticut (CT), a non-GDL state. In both states, parents and adolescents completed telephone surveys about the restrictions that parents placed on their adolescents' driving at night, with adolescent passengers, and at high speeds. In Maryland, surveys took place 1 month (294 parent-adolescent pairs) and 4 months (292 parent-adolescent pairs) after provisional licensure. In Connecticut, surveys took place the first month (132 pairs) and the third month (108 pairs) after adolescent licensure. The findings indicated that after controlling for demographic characteristics, Maryland parents and adolescents reported stricter parent-imposed limits for adolescent passengers, high-speed roads, weekend night driving, and overall limits. Parents in GDL states appear better able to establish and enforce adolescent driving restrictions when the licensing state stipulates, favors, and supports regulated adolescent driving.
AB - The purpose of this study was to determine whether parent-imposed limits on 16-year-old high-risk driving are stricter in Maryland (MD), a state with graduated driver licensing (GDL) than in Connecticut (CT), a non-GDL state. In both states, parents and adolescents completed telephone surveys about the restrictions that parents placed on their adolescents' driving at night, with adolescent passengers, and at high speeds. In Maryland, surveys took place 1 month (294 parent-adolescent pairs) and 4 months (292 parent-adolescent pairs) after provisional licensure. In Connecticut, surveys took place the first month (132 pairs) and the third month (108 pairs) after adolescent licensure. The findings indicated that after controlling for demographic characteristics, Maryland parents and adolescents reported stricter parent-imposed limits for adolescent passengers, high-speed roads, weekend night driving, and overall limits. Parents in GDL states appear better able to establish and enforce adolescent driving restrictions when the licensing state stipulates, favors, and supports regulated adolescent driving.
KW - Adolescent driving risk
KW - Driving restrictions
KW - Graduated driver licensing
KW - Parent restriction
KW - Parenting
KW - Young drivers
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=14844341822&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.aap.2005.01.008
DO - 10.1016/j.aap.2005.01.008
M3 - Article
C2 - 15784210
AN - SCOPUS:14844341822
SN - 0001-4575
VL - 37
SP - 557
EP - 562
JO - Accident Analysis and Prevention
JF - Accident Analysis and Prevention
IS - 3
ER -