Adopting stronger graduated licensing laws could sharply reduce deaths and crashes
If every state strengthened all five areas of their graduated licensing laws, more than 500 teen lives could be saved and over 9,500 collisions prevented, according to a new analysis by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS).
The five areas of graduated driver license (GDL) programs are permit age, practice driving hours, license age, night driving, and passenger restrictions. Some states excel in one or more areas, but no state has adopted all the best practices in each category. While IIHS…
