Two Reminders on Technology Risks for Teen Drivers

A reminder to parents about two topics I have posted about previously: wearing headphones, and using a GPS. I came across an article from the Canadian version of the Huffington Post, reporting on two separate incidents in which teen drivers were killed when they cars...

Various Voices in Teen Driving

In my recent post entitled “Safe Teen Driving On The Front Page,” I reviewed a New York Times article that spotlighted teen driver passenger restrictions and vehicle decals, with a focus on New Jersey’s strict laws.  As most newspapers do today, the...

Mistaken Advice For Parents Of Teen Drivers

Every so often I come across an article for parents of teen drivers that makes me grimace: well intentioned, but wrong.  Today, with apologies to the organization that wrote it, I will explain why the advice given in a recent post is way off the mark.  I will not link...

Safe Teen Driving On The Front Page

It is not every day that safe teen driving makes the front page of a national newspaper, but yesterday The New York Times featured a front page story, “Youth Driver Limits Curb Even the Double Date”,...

An Illustration of Driving Distractions

The folks at Auto Insurance Quotes were kind enough to send along a post from their blog, based on some of my past posts, that pulls together the “Eight Biggest Distractions Behind The Wheel” in a nicely illustrated article.  The link is:...