Reuters (5/20, Rapaport) reports, “New teen drivers with” attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD) “are more likely to crash their cars than adolescents who don’t have” the disorder, particularly “right after they get their license,” researchers concluded after following “14,936 teens in New Jersey for two years.” When compared to teenagers without AD/HD, “young drivers with the condition were 62 percent more likely to crash within the first month of getting licensed, the study found.” What’s more, “over their first four years behind the wheel, teens with” AD/HD “were 37 percent more likely to crash,” the study revealed. The findings were published online in Pediatrics. HealthDay (5/20, Gordon) also covers the study.
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— “Teen drivers with ADHD have higher crash rates even with graduated licenses, “Lisa Rapaport, Reuters, May 20, 2019