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Findings from University of Montreal Yields New Data on Risk Management (Graduated driver licensing and differential deterrence: The effect of license type on intentions to violate road rules)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News -- Current study results on Risk Management have been published. According to news reporting out of Montreal, Canada, by VerticalNews editors, research stated, "In keeping with the differential deterrence theory, this article assesses the moderating effect of license type on the relationship between social control and intention to violate road rules. More precisely, the article has two objectives: (1) to assess the effect of license type on intentions to infringe road rules; and (2) to pinpoint mechanisms of social control affecting intentions to violate road rules based on one's type of driver license (a restricted license or a full license)."

Financial support for this research came from Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from the University of Montreal, "This effect is examined among a sample of 392 young drivers in the province of Quebec, Canada. Drivers taking part in the Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) program have limited demerit points and there is zero tolerance for drinking-and-driving. Propensity score matching techniques were used to assess the effect of the license type on intentions to violate road rules and on various mechanisms of social control. Regression analyses were then conducted to estimate the moderating effect of license type. Average treatment effects from propensity score matching analyses indicate that respondents with a restricted license have lower levels of intention to infringe road rules. While moral commitment and, to a lesser extent, the perceived risk of arrest are both negatively associated with intentions to violate road rules, the license type moderates the relationship between delinquent peers and intentions to violate road rules. The effect of delinquent peers is reduced among respondents with a restricted driver license."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "Finally, a diminished capability to resist peer pressure could explain the increased crash risk in months following full licensing."

For more information on this research see: Graduated driver licensing and differential deterrence: The effect of license type on intentions to violate road rules. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 2018;110():62-70. Accident Analysis and Prevention can be contacted at: Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1GB, England. (Elsevier - www.elsevier.com; Accident Analysis and Prevention - www.journals.elsevier.com/accident-analysis-and-prevention/)

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting E. Blais, University of Montreal, Int Center Comparat Criminol, Montreal, PQ H3T 1N8, Canada. Additional authors for this research include B. Poirier and C. Faubert.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2017.10.001. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

Keywords for this news article include: Montreal, Quebec, Canada, North and Central America, Risk Management, University of Montreal.