HIGH-SCHOOL DRIVER EDUCATION - FURTHER EVALUATION OF THE DEKALB COUNTY STUDY

The DeKalb County, Georgia, study is the largest experimental evaluation of high school driver education to date. Detailed reanalysis of data from that study revealed that students assigned to an enhanced driver education program (Safe Performance Curriculum) were more likely to obtain drivers licenses, to be in car crashes and to have traffic violations than control students not assigned to driver education. Students assigned to a minimal program of high school driver education (Pre-Driver Licensing Curriculum) were also more likely than control students to obtain licenses, but the difference was smaller than for the enhanced program and they were not significantly more likely to be in crashes or to have violations.