Association between Delay in Driving Licensure and Driving While Impaired and Riding with an Impaired Driver among Emerging Adults

CONCLUSIONS: While in the overall sample, delayed licensure did not appear to be associated with DWI or RWI, our findings suggest that delayed licensure may be of concern to teen risk of DWI and RWI among African Americans and among those with lower educational attainment. Furthermore, as two-thirds of youth delayed licensure, more research is needed to determine if this is more of a positive (i.e., protective) factor by reducing their exposure to crash risk or a negative (i.e., risk) factor due to missing important driver-safety stages of graduated driver licensing.PMID:33616239 | DOI:10.1111/acer.14585
Source: Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research - Category: Addiction Authors: Source Type: research