Department of Public Administration, Sungkyunkwan University 53, 3-ga, Myungryun-dong, Chongro-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Accid Anal Prev. 2011 May;43(3):755-61. doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2010.10.022. Epub 2010 Nov 26.
Upon conviction for particular traffic offenses, drivers can have their licenses revoked. Drivers who receive license revocation have an opportunity to apply for a sentence reduction, and some of those who apply receive a reduced sanction--license suspension. There may be differences between drivers whose license was revoked as originally sentenced and drivers who received the reduced sanction of license suspension with regard to traffic violations and crashes after driving privileges are restored. This study verified the differences during the follow-up periods of 6, 12, and 18 months using analysis of covariance and the t-test with stratified samples based on the police profiles of approximately 154,000 drivers in South Korea. The study found that drivers in the group whose license had been suspended committed traffic violations and caused traffic crashes less often for all time periods than those whose license had been revoked. However, omitted factors such as the attitude of suspended drivers and exposure to traffic violations and crashes (e.g., driving frequency after license reinstatement), are likely to affect the findings; thus, caution should be exercised when the findings are referenced for policy implications.
因某些交通违法行为被定罪后，驾驶员的驾照可能会被吊销。被吊销驾照的驾驶员有机会申请减刑，其中一些申请减刑的人会被减轻处罚——吊销驾照。在驾驶特权恢复后，那些因最初判决而被吊销驾照的驾驶员和那些因吊销驾照而受到减轻处罚的驾驶员在交通违法行为和撞车事故方面可能存在差异。本研究使用协方差分析和基于韩国约 154000 名驾驶员的警察档案的分层样本的 t 检验，在 6、12 和 18 个月的随访期内验证了这些差异。研究发现，在所有时间段内，被吊销驾照的驾驶员比被吊销驾照的驾驶员更不容易发生交通违法行为和导致交通事故。然而，诸如吊销驾照的驾驶员的态度和对交通违法行为和撞车事故的暴露程度（例如，驾照恢复后的驾驶频率）等被忽略的因素可能会影响研究结果；因此，在将研究结果作为政策影响的参考时，应谨慎行事。
