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Section II - Introduction
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... Despite dramatic engineering improvements in the safety of roadways and motor vehicles, as well as substantial behavioral improvement among drivers (e.g., increases in safety belt use and decreases in alcohol-impaired driving) , fatal crash rates per licensed driver increased substantially among 16-year-olds from 1976 to 1996 (IIHS, 1998)
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