Car crash mortality increases
Over 16 years, chauffeur mortality of road accidents, while traffic of young people dead, a leading insurance group, for a licensing system, which increases driving privileges as experience l has increased.
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, an analysis of reports of fatal accidents between 1975 and 1996, reported Tuesday that the mortality of 16 years has almost doubled from 19 per 100000 licensed drivers in 1975 to 35 per 100000 in 1996.
Meanwhile, the total number of deaths rose from 15 per 100000 in 1975 to 12 deaths per 100000 in 1996.
The figures also fell slightly to 17 - 19 years: from 27 deaths per 100000 in 1975 to 25 deaths per 100000 in 1996. This age group accounted for the majority of deaths in the mid 1980, 16 years and beyond.
A spokesman for the American Automobile Association agreed that parents have much in mind.
“I tell parents, you know, if you are concerned about the safety of your child, and they are a young person, you have to worry about their car, because this is the thing that is most likely their lives” said Mark Edwards.
The Insurance Institute, which is funded by insurance companies, there are several possible causes of increased mortality of less than 16 years, with more young people to conduct business at high risk, as example at night or with friends in the car.
The Institute has asked several States in devising a licensing system, which increases driving privileges as experience has increased.
The assurance of the economy favours a three-tier system with a pupil phase - the driver’s licence in a car - at least six months, half a year enter the phase driver can not drive a car during the night or with other teens in the car, and full privileges for drivers, other stages without incident.
“We want to try to practice driving, while people from the high-risk situations,” said Allan Williams of the Institute Senior Vice President.
The Insurance Institute cited six states of the critical elements of what she considers a good three stages of the programme, including bans on night driving and prohibited the performance of my colleagues and adolescents .
These countries are California, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina and Ohio.
Together with other countries in three stages are part of programmes of Connecticut, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
The legislature of Maryland Monday agreed, subject to age young person, the driver of a curfew at midnight for 18 months instead of 12 months.
The Maryland Senate has extended opening hours of factors blocking today from midnight to 5 am to 10 pm to 5 am, but the idea of a fall, after mobilized young drivers and complained about the value-added restriction.
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