Michigan Driver Education Study
Completed · Phase 3
Conditions studied: Behavioral Intervention
In brief
Teens are at high risk for traffic violations and car crashes because of their young age, lack of driving experience, and exposure to high-risk driving conditions. The Checkpoints Program has used increased parental restrictions on teen driving through at least the first 4 months after their children obtain a driver's permit. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of the Checkpoints Program. Approximately 400 teens in Michigan will participate in one of two study groups. One group will take standard driver education classes; the other group will take driver education classes that incorporate the Checkpoints Program. Teens and their parents will complete a written survey after completing the classes and a telephone survey after teens obtain a driver's permit. Teens will complete additional telephone surveys 1, 3, 6, and 12 months after obtaining a driver's permit. Researchers will use this information to study how parents manage teen driving practices, teen driving experiences (amount and conditions of), and high-risk teen driving behaviors.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00340470
- Run by
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
- People needed
- 0
- Starts
- 2003-07-24
- Expected to finish
- 2007-02-06
- Last updated by the study team
- 2017-07-02
Who can join
Age: 15 and older, up to 16. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may not qualify if…
- Adolescents over the age of 16 years 6 months or those whose parent or legal guardian does not attend the driver education course session to which they are specifically invited will be deemed ineligible for the study.
Where it is running
- University of Michigan — Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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