In 2007, Australia imposed a curfew on first-year drivers, banning them from driving late at night with two or more passengers (this form of driving accounted for one-fifth of traffic fatalities). The curfew more than halved targeted crashes, casualties and deaths.
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Shaping the Habits of Teen Drivers
(August 2024) - We show that a targeted law can modify teens' risky behavior. We examine the effects of an Australian intervention banning first-year drivers from driving late at night with multiple peers, which had accounted for one-fifth of their traffic…
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