Several U. S. cities have curfew ordinances that limit the late night activities of minor teenagers in public places including highways. Detroit, Cleveland, and Columbus, which have curfew ordinances, were compared to Cincinnati, which does not have such an ordinance. The curfew ordinances were asso
The effect of city curfew ordinances on teenage motor vehicle fatalities
β Scribed by David F. Preusser; Paul L. Zador; Allan F. Williams
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 635 KB
- Volume
- 25
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0001-4575
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β¦ Synopsis
Of 149 large cities surveyed, 72 were found to have nighttime curfew ordinances applying to teenagers of various ages. The typical city cm-few identified starts at midnight, ends at 5 A.M., and affects all activity of teenagers ages 13-17 in a public place and unaccompanied by a parent. In comparisons of 47 cities with curfews covering 13-to 17-year-olds and 77 cities without curfews. curfews were associated with a 23% reduction in fatal injury for 13-to 17-year-olds for the 9 P.M.--559
time period. This is identical to the 2% reduction estimated for both fatal and nonfatal motor vehicle injuries for t3-to 17-year-olds in an earlier, more limited study of curfews in Detroit. Cleveland, and Columbus, Ohio.
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