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CHAPTER 1: TADRA
TADRA is an acronym for Georgia’s Teenage and enactment of TADRA, the rate of fatal crashes in
Adult Driver Responsibility Act, which is a Georgia involving teenage drivers 16 years of age
comprehensive set of laws enacted in 1997 with the was 36.8% less than in the 5½ years immediately
intent of reducing fatal motor vehicle crashes prior to its enactment. Moreover, researchers found
involving teenage drivers. that speed-related fatal crashes involving teenage
drivers 16 years of age declined by nearly 50%, and
TADRA significantly changed the way teens in alcohol-related crashes involving teenage drivers 16
Georgia earn and maintain driving privileges, most years of age declined by 62%.
notably through the introduction of a three-step
Graduated Driver’s Licensing process for newly A study published in 2016 by the Traffic Injury
licensed drivers 15 to 18 years of age. TADRA also Prevention journal reports that the decline in fatal
contains important provisions specifically related to crash rates has been maintained and even increased
driving under the influence (DUI) prevention and through 15.5 years after passage of the law. The
enforcement and school enrollment requirements. greatest declines were among 16 and 17-year-olds;
most of the gains were among male drivers.
In a 2006 study conducted by Emory University,
researchers found that in the 5½ years following the Reference: https://www.tandfonline.com/
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