'Reality' driver's ed increases teens' awareness of outcomes of risky driving
Wednesday, September 5, 2018 - 11:20
in Mathematics & Economics
Teens who took a supplemental drivers' ed program -- including tours of emergency rooms, ICUs and a morgue -- showed more awareness of the consequences of risky driving and of how they can avoid dangers. But data from a two-month follow-up to the program was inconclusive as to whether the program made a difference in the youths' behavior behind the wheel.