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. 2012 Apr 3;184(6):E305-6.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.110814.

In defence of older drivers

Ezra Hauer  1
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In defence of older drivers

Ezra Hauer. CMAJ. .
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Involvement in crashes per million miles travelled by driver age. Reprinted from: Williams AF. Teenage drivers: patterns of risk. J Safety Res 2003;34:5–15, with permission from Elsevier.
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Figure 2:
Involvement in fatal crashes per hundred million miles travelled by driver age. Reprinted from: Williams AF. Teenage drivers: patterns of risk. J Safety Res 2003;34:5–15, with permission from Elsevier.
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