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The 5 major risks for young drivers are:

1 not buckling up
2 distractions
3 drinking and driving
4 driving at night
5 speeding

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Young Drivers

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In Montana, in 2011, nearly 25 percent of all fatal and injury crashes involved a young driver. Graduated Drivers Licensing (GDL) requirements for new drivers went into effect July 1, 2006, which requires seatbelt use, limit the hours of unsupervised driving, and restricts the number and age of nonfamily passengers. It is expected that the GDL program will reduce these rates.

Comprehensive Highway Safety Plan
New strategies focus on programs to support GDL implementation and expansion of drivers education programs.

Targets

  • Reduce the five-year average number of fatalities and incapacitating injuries resulting from crashes involving young drivers from 369 in 2010 to 285 by 2015.
  • Reduce the five-year average number of young drivers involved in fatal crashes from 35 in 2010 to 27 by 2015.

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