by Tim | May 10, 2011 | Uncategorized
My last post commented on an article in The New York Times entitled “New Lessons to Pave a Road to Safety” (April 18, 2011, by Tara Parker-Pope), which spotlighted recent research on the impacts of high school starting times on teen driver crash rates. ...
by Tim | Apr 29, 2011 | Uncategorized
A recent article in The New York Times about teen driving (“New Lessons To Pave a Road to Safety,” Monday April 9, page D5), to which I will respond in my next post (because it says some things with which I disagree), describes a recent report into Journal...
by Tim | Apr 20, 2011 | Uncategorized
We have been reading recently about air traffic controllers falling asleep on the job. Thinking of teen drivers as pilots and parents as air traffic controllers is not a bad analogy, actually. Parents should consider every time their teen proposes to get behind the...
by Tim | Apr 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
Did you take it? How did you do? Here are my answers: 1. In general, distracted driving means hands off the wheel, eyes off the road, or mind off the driving situation. 2. A psychologist may have a more precise definition, but when applied to driving...
by Tim | Mar 30, 2011 | Uncategorized
In preparation for an upcoming presentation to parents and students at a high school about distracted driving and texting while driving, I have put together a quiz, fourteen questions. My purpose is to improve understanding and stimulate thinking about these topics. ...
