Graduated driving programs produce safer teen drivers, as long as they are not talking on a cell phone, according to two recent studies.

Driver education licensing programs reduce, by an average of 11 percent, the incidence of fatal crashes of 16-year-old drivers, according to a study conducted by Johns Hopkins University.

When examining driving records of graduates the most comprehensive driver education programs, researchers found about a 20 percent reduction in fatal crashes involving 16-year-old drivers.

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