| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 23 pages) : illustrations. |
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Occasional paper |
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Occasional paper (Rand Corporation)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 21-23). |
| Contents |
Estimating the relative riskiness of older drivers -- The relative riskiness of older drivers -- Policy implications. |
| Summary |
Are older drivers posing an increasing risk to the public? If they are, what options should policymakers consider to mitigate that risk? This research offers a new perspective on these questions. Using an innovative approach to estimate the extent to which older drivers are on the road and their riskiness compared with drivers of other age groups, the study finds that older drivers (those 65 and older) are slightly (16 percent) likelier than drivers aged 25 to 64 to cause an accident and that they pose much less risk to the public than do drivers aged 18 to 24, who are nearly three times likelier than older drivers to cause an accident. However, because of their greater frailty, older drivers are much likelier than other drivers are much likelier than other drivers to be seriously injured or killed when involved in an accident. In light of these findings, the authors find little support for the idea that stricter licensing policies targeting older drivers would substantially improve traffic safety. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Drivers' licenses -- United States.
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Older automobile drivers -- Government policy -- United States.
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Traffic safety -- United States -- Evaluation.
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Risk assessment -- United States.
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Traffic regulations -- United States.
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Automobile Driving -- legislation & jurisprudence.
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Accidents, Traffic -- prevention & control.
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Aged.
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Public Policy.
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Risk Assessment.
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Risk Reduction Behavior.
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Safety Management.
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United States.
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LAW -- Taxation.
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LAW -- Civil Law.
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| Added Author |
Seabury, Seth A., author.
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Zakaras, Laura, author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Loughran, David S., 1969- Regulating older drivers. Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND Institute for Civil Justice, 2007 9780833041944 0833041940 (DLC) 2007026181 (OCoLC)145732970 |
| ISBN |
9780833042842 (electronic bk.) |
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083304284X (electronic bk.) |
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9780833041944 (paperback;) (alk. paper) |
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0833041940 (paperback;) (alk. paper) |
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