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Teen Driver Safety in NC

Longer teen driver learner permit periods =
fewer crashes, injuries, and deaths.

Did you know: When originally enacted in 1997, the 12-month learner permit period of NC's teen driver licensing system decreased 16-year-old driver fatal & injury crashes by 46%, and all crashes in NC by 38%? Learn more about GDL here >

Student scholar

Big kudos to Nandi Taylor, a PhD student in the UNC-Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health and graduate research assistant who’s worked on several HSRC projects, for being named a 2025 Lifesavers Traffic Safety Scholar! Learn more about Nandi >