What are the four main benefits to graduated drivers licensing?
What are the four main benefits to graduated drivers licensing?Answer: Young novice drivers are a highway safety problem for many reasons, primarily a combination of immaturity, inexperience and high-risk driving exposure. This is true for teenagers everywhere, but it is a particular problem in the United States, where more teenagers have cars or have access to a family car than in any other nation. Teenagers are also more likely to drive older and smaller cars, are less likely to wear seat belts, and are more likely to have multiple teenage passengers. Traditional approaches high school driver education, a learner’s permit and perhaps stepped up penalties for infractions have not had as great an impact on reducing the incidence of teen crashes and convictions as anticipated. In fact, there is some evidence that early driver education classes may encourage younger licensure, thereby increasing risk exposure. On the other hand, graduated driver licensing has been shown to be effective
