Financial status and travel time to driving schools as barriers to obtaining a young driver license in a state with comprehensive young driver licensing policy

Xiao, Dong; Wu, Jasmine Siyu; Jensen, Shane T.; Walshe, Elizabeth A; Winston, Flaura Koplin; Ryerson, Megan S.

doi:10.1016/j.aap.2023.107198

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“…Despite the potential benefits of BTW, it can create potential disparities in the ability to drive legally; training is costly and favors those with access to sufficient finances. 4 Newer online training has the potential to both enhance BTW or ASP while also improving access to quality training in critical safety skills. 5 Given greater internet accessibility, online training programs could be a strategy to increase access to training and reduce disparities in licensure and crashes.…”

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Variation in Young Driver Training Requirements by State

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Variation in Young Driver Training Requirements by State

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Romer,

Aagaard

et al. 2024

JAMA Netw Open

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“…In the study area, 27 of the 430 CTs are classified as DTD. Predicted individual probabilities of DT and licensure come from a second previous study which uses binomial logit to estimate the probabilities of DT and licensure for 35,771 young drivers between 15.5 and 25 years old in the Columbus MSA (Dong et al 2023).…”

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Residing in a Driver Training Desert leads to Delayed Licensure: Investigating the Relationship between Accessibility to Driver Training and Young Driver’s Licensure

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Wu,

Walshe

et al. 2023

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It remains unclear whether teens living in neighborhoods with lower socioeconomic status and poorer access to driver training (i.e., Driver Training Deserts) have lower probabilities of taking training (DT) and securing a young driver’s license. Using a teen driver dataset in the Columbus, OH MSA, we found teens residing in DTDs have on average 25% lower probabilities of DT and licensure than teens in non-DTDs. There is spatial clustering of the probabilities of DT and licensure. Our findings are helping to inform the distribution of a scholarship program in Ohio that aims to improve access to DT for lower-income teens.

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Role of the Built Environment, Roadway Characteristics, and Socioeconomic Factors in Keeping Teen Drivers Safe: An Investigation of the Factors Most Related to Teen Driver Fatalities

Wu,

Dong,

Green

et al. 2024

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation R

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The role of engineering, through infrastructure design, is known to influence safe driving behavior generally, yet the areas of possible intervention that could improve safe outcomes for teens are less understood. It is critical to identify interventions specific to teens, as they have different driving risk factors than more seasoned drivers, and motor vehicle crashes are the second leading cause of death among teens in the United States. We examined 5,210 fatal crashes from 2015 to 2019 in Ohio using Fatality Analysis Reporting System data. We employed multinomial logistic regression to associate the likelihood of fatal crashes involving younger teens (16 to 17 years old) or older teens (18 to 19 years old) relative to adults (20 years and older) with built environment, socioeconomic, and roadway characteristics at crash locations. Separating crashes into the two groups of teens allowed us to distinguish the possible impact of training, as younger teens are mandated to undergo driving education and behind-the-wheel training under Ohio’s graduated driver licensing laws. We found that compared with neighborhood socioeconomics, built environment factors were more significant predictors of the likelihood of fatal crashes involving younger teens compared with adults. Specifically, fatal crashes at locations with lower road density and more diverse land use were more likely to involve younger teens. Although these results could be related to a mix of younger teen driver behavior and exposure factors, the finding highlights that improving the safety of local roads in urban and rural settings could help stem teen driving fatalities.

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Financial status and travel time to driving schools as barriers to obtaining a young driver license in a state with comprehensive young driver licensing policy

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Variation in Young Driver Training Requirements by State

Variation in Young Driver Training Requirements by State

Residing in a Driver Training Desert leads to Delayed Licensure: Investigating the Relationship between Accessibility to Driver Training and Young Driver’s Licensure

Role of the Built Environment, Roadway Characteristics, and Socioeconomic Factors in Keeping Teen Drivers Safe: An Investigation of the Factors Most Related to Teen Driver Fatalities

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