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ArticleAlcoholism, clinical and experimental research2021

Association between a delay in driving licensure and driving while impaired and riding with an impaired driver among emerging adults.

Federico E Vaca, Kaigang Li, Denise L Haynie, Bruce Simons-Morton, Eduardo Romano, James C Fell

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Article in Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors.

Federico E VacaDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Developmental Neurocognitive Driving Simulation Research Center (DrivSim Lab), Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Kaigang LiDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Developmental Neurocognitive Driving Simulation Research Center (DrivSim Lab), Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Denise L HaynieDivision of Intramural Population Health Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Bruce Simons-MortonVirginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI), Blacksburg, VA, USA.
Eduardo RomanoPacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Calverton, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2367-2550
James C FellNORC at the University of Chicago, Bethesda, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7193-1908

Funding

Yale Clinical and Translational Science Award (U Component)UL1TR001863 · NCATS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI John H. Krystal, LUCILA OHNO-MACHADO · 2016 to 2026
$102.9M
Trajectory Outcomes of Teens that Ride with Impaired Drivers & Drive ImpairedR01AA026313 · NIAAA · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI VACA, FEDERICO E · 2018 to 2022
$2.8M
Delaying Licensure: Latino Teens Riding with Impaired Drivers and Impaired DrivingR21AA026346 · NIAAA · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI ROMANO, EDUARDO O, VACA, FEDERICO E · 2018 to 2019
$479k
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001863NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA026313NIAAA NIH HHS R21 AA026346NICHD NIH HHS HHSN275201200001CNICHD NIH HHS HHSN275201200001I
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Abstract

backgroundTeens who delay driving licensure may not be subject to graduated driver licensing restrictions that are known to reduce crash risk. We explored the association of delay in licensure with driving while impaired (DWI) and riding with an impaired driver (RWI) among emerging adults.

methodsData from the NEXT Generation Health Study, starting with 10th grade (2009-2010), were analyzed. The outcome variables were Wave 7 (W7) self-reported DWI and RWI as dichotomous variables. The independent variable was delay in licensure. Covariates included sex, urbanicity, race/ethnicity, family structure, parent education, family affluence, teen's highest education, minimum legal drinking age laws, and onset age of alcohol use. Descriptive analysis and logistic regressions were conducted.

resultsOf 2525 participants eligible for licensure, 887 reported a delay in licensure by 1-2 years (38.9%, weighted) and 1078 by > 2 years (30.3% weighted) across 7 waves. In W7, 23.5% (weighted and hereafter, 5.6% once, 17.8% ≥twice) of participants reported DWI and 32.42% (5.6% once, 25.4% ≥twice) reported RWI. Logistic regressions showed no overall significant association of delay in licensure with either W7 RWI or W7 DWI. However, in stratified analyses, among African American youth, delay in licensure was positively associated with DWI (OR = 2.41, p = 0.03) and RWI (OR = 2.72, p = 0.05). Among those with ≤ high school or lower education by W7, delayed licensure was positively associated with RWI (OR = 2.51, p < 0.01).

conclusionsWhile in the overall sample, delayed licensure did not appear to be associated with DWI or RWI, our findings suggest that delayed licensure may be of concern to teen risk of DWI and RWI among African Americans and among those with lower educational attainment. Furthermore, as two-thirds of youth delayed licensure, more research is needed to determine whether this is more of a positive (i.e., protective) factor by reducing their exposure to crash risk or a negative (i.e., risk) factor due to their missing important driver safety stages of graduated driver licensing.

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Driving Under the InfluenceAdolescentFemaleHumansLicensureMaleTime FactorsUnderage DrinkingAfrican Americansdriving while impairedNEXT Generation Health Studynovice drivers

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PMCPMC8076083

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