The Canadian Experience Class program began in the summer of 2009 and helps temporary residents of Canada, specifically work permit holders and
study permit holders, become permanent residents.
While news articles at the time of the Court's opinion indicated that only one instance of a teenager being targeted by a sexual predator had actually occurred, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) did its own
study and found that, in general, the law was not that popular and had not increased compliance by young motorists with the Garden State's laws affecting driving
permit holders and those with provisional (now probationary) licenses.