Driver training and licensing in three European countries : a FERSI study.

Author(s)
Assailly, J.P.
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Abstract

A comparative study of British, German and French systems of access to car driving has been conducted by a FERSI working group in 1994. The main results of this study on four topics will be presented: (1) accidents and violations data on young drivers: comparison by age, country, sex and ratio of novice drivers' overrisk; (2) attitudes and opinions of young drivers: an original analysis of SARTRE data has been done, comparing in each country young people and adults; and (3) main features of the training and licensing systems: similarities and differences between French new system of "apprentisage" are presented (unaccompanied driving). German probationary license and British private practice trainings. Potential for improvement: from the results of the three topics mentioned above, a few suggestions for future traffic safety research and for policy recommendations are presented. (A) The paper consists of this abstract.

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C 14410 (In: C 14406 S) /83 / IRRD 893796
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In: Proceedings of the conference Road Safety in Europe and Strategic Highway Research Program SHRP, Prague, the Czech Republic, September 20-22, 1995, VTI Konferens No. 4A, Part 1, p. 31-32

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