PREVENTION OF MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES AMONG YOUNG DRIVERS

青少年驾驶在驾驶的前6个月和1000英里是特别危险的，无论在获得执照之前有多少人监督练习驾驶。建议在青少年仍在学习驾驶的第一年，家长对初学驾驶的青少年的驾照特权施加限制。家长限制与风险较低的驾驶和较少的违规和撞车有关。检查站计划由具有说服力的信息和材料组成，旨在鼓励父母采用检查站家长-青少年驾驶协议，并限制初学驾驶的青少年司机的高风险驾驶特权。之前评估检查点计划的随机试验，在一项研究中获得许可，在另一项研究中获得许可，已经显示出治疗组在父母限制设置、青少年危险驾驶和违规行为方面的显著效果。 当前研究的目的是确定检查点计划在许可证、许可证或同时在许可证和许可证下交付时的相对有效性。这项研究是在罗德岛州进行的，在那里，当一个青少年获得驾照或临时驾照时，已经招募了1000对父母-青少年。这些配对被随机分配到对照组或实验检查点计划组(在许可、在许可或在许可和许可下)。研究参与者在招募时、临时许可后一个月和六个月完成调查。

Teen driving is particularly dangerous the first 6 months and 1,000 miles of driving, regardless of the amount of supervised practice driving prior to licensure. Parent-imposed limits on novice teen driving privileges are recommended for the first year of licensure, when teens are still learning to drive. Parent limits are associated with less risky driving and fewer violations and crashes. The Checkpoints Program consists of persuasive messages and materials designed to encourage parents to adopt the Checkpoints Parent-Teen Driving Agreement and to limit higher-risk driving privileges among novice teenage drivers. Previous randomized trials evaluating the Checkpoints Program, delivered at permit in one study and licensure in another, have shown significant treatment group effects on parent limit setting, teen risky driving, and violations. The purpose of the current study is to determine the relative effectiveness of the Checkpoints Program when delivered at permit, license, or at both permit and license. The study is being conducted in Rhode Island, where 1,000 parent-teen pairs have been recruited at the time a teen receives a driving permit or provisional license. These pairs have been randomized to the comparison group or to the experimental Checkpoints Program groups (at permit, at licensure, or at permit and licensure). Study participants complete surveys at recruitment, and one month and six months after provisional licensure.