by Tim | Feb 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
For as long as I have been involved with safer teen driving, one statistic has continued to bother me. In 2007, four Connecticut teens (a 19 year old driver and three 16 and 17 year old passengers) died in a crash in which the police estimated the car’s speed,...
by Tim | Jan 28, 2013 | Uncategorized
In my “day job” (as an attorney), I work occasionally with the president of an engineering firm, a man in his sixties, who got his engineering degree in the early 1970’s – before the days of computers, and when calculators were clunky machines...
by Tim | Jan 16, 2013 | Uncategorized
I am pleased today to offer a guest post, written by Richard McNunn of how2become,Ltd. an education and career training website. It has often been said that the US and the UK are two countries separated by a common language, but the differences between the two...
by Tim | Dec 30, 2012 | Uncategorized
Two posts ago I commented on the overlooked statistic of teen driver injuries. Today I’d like to focus on the number of licensed teen drivers under age 16. Here are the basic numbers, which come from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Highway...
by Tim | Dec 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
The funerals in Newtown prompt me today to turn from the cause of safer teen driving to what neighbors and communities can say and do to comfort bereaved parents. I draw here upon the 2,500 condolence messages that I received and the numerous acts of kindness of which...
