by Tim | Jan 31, 2011 | Uncategorized
Driving in general and teen driving in particular have lots of acronyms and abbreviations: GDL, STANDUP, IID (that’s ignition interlock device), MPG, MPH, BAC, DUI, DWI, FARS (Fatality Analysis Reporting System), DOT, NHTSA, AAA, and many others. I would like...
by Tim | Jan 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has made safe teen driving a priority, and “CHOP” publishes a superb website about teen driving, found at www.teendriversource.org. If you have not visited, I urge you to do so. One of the most interesting and...
by Tim | Jan 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
Some of the topics I post about are a bit theoretical, in the sense that I talk about things I have observed but never actually experienced. This topic, seemingly dry, is real and personal. In an earlier post, I discussed how parents can use...
by Tim | Dec 27, 2010 | Uncategorized
Every so often I see something in writing from a parent, such as a letter to a newspaper editor, that makes me want to get in the car, go to the writer’s house, sit him or her down, and explain teen driving. I saw such a letter recently. I will spare the...
by Tim | Dec 23, 2010 | Uncategorized
On December 6, 2010, those who have been working on safe teen driving in Connecticut during the past few years gathered in the ornate Old Judiciary Room of the State Capitol, to mark the success of the state’s 2008 overhaul of its teen driving laws and the...
