The contribution of inhibitory deficits to dangerous driving among young people

► We looked at inhibitory differences between driving offenders and non-offenders. ► We compared these groups on the Stop-signal task and the Go/no-go task. ► The groups did not differ on the Stop-signal task. ► The offender group made more errors and had a faster reaction-time on had poorer inhibitory skills as measured by the Go/no-go task. ► The results add some support to the impulsivity theory of adolescent risk-taking.