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New Restrictions Possible for New Jersey Teen Drivers
East News • November 11, 2008
New drivers would have to practice for a year before getting their licenses and would be required to display hang tags on their vehicles identifying them as provisional drivers under a package of ...
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| Subject | Posted By | Posted On |
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| But hang tags are prohibited | Dave | Nov 13, 2008, 1:37 pm |
| RE: Teen Driver Licence | InsIsMyPassion | Nov 12, 2008, 12:52 pm |
| Teen Driver Licence | Curious | Nov 12, 2008, 12:34 pm |
| NJ Young Drivers | Vince | Nov 12, 2008, 4:29 am |
| RE: RE: NJ Drivers | Driver | Nov 11, 2008, 1:13 pm |
| RE: NJ Drivers | SFOInsuranceLady | Nov 11, 2008, 1:09 pm |
| How in the world | SFOInsuranceLady | Nov 11, 2008, 1:07 pm |
| NJ Drivers | Driver | Nov 11, 2008, 1:06 pm |
| Teen driving restrictions | Scott | Nov 11, 2008, 1:05 pm |
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Subject: RE: Teen Driver Licence
Interesting question. If you look at the stats, there actually 80 killed (35 drivers plus 45 passengers); but still, that's only 0.14% of the number of accidents (and presumably a much smaller percentage than the number of teens IN an accident).
In 2005, there were just over 6,420,000 car crashes; about 39,000 were fatal (killing just over 42,000). That equates to 0.61% of crashes being fatal.
2007 crash statistics indicate that 3,108 teens died in car accidents. That is 7.57% of all people killed in car crashes (41,059).
Figures don't lie and liars figure. Seems teens are doing better than the population as a whole. Now, a lot of that has to do with the number of miles driven; I'm not sure how the accident rate compares on a "per 1,000 miles driven" basis. Would be interesting to see, though.