Mar 14, 2014
At a recent meeting of safe teen driving advocates and traffic safety professionals, I heard a new one: about parents having their teen drivers be their designated drivers, so they can drink at parties. Not sure what to think about this one. On the one hand, keeping... read more
Mar 12, 2014
Newly-elected New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio is moving quickly on many fronts, and one of them is to reduce the City’s frightening number of pedestrian fatalities — 176 in 2013. DeBlasio’ s administration has issued a 42 page plan that is based on a Swedish... read more
Feb 25, 2014
A few weeks ago I wrote about the dangerous new trend of “selfies” – drivers taking a photo of themselves and then sending it, while driving. I guess I should not have been surprised that, where there is a photo app, there is a video app. Taking and sending a... read more
Feb 22, 2014
No sooner had I posted about extending Graduated Driver Licensing to 18 and 19 year olds than the Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch published an editorial describing — and criticizing — a proposal in the Ohio legislature to require driver training for 18, 19 and 20... read more
Feb 20, 2014
Most teen driver laws, which are called “Graduated Driver Licensing” or “GDL” laws, apply to drivers under age 18. During the past ten years, most states have adopted some form of a GDL system, though state-by-state provisions vary widely. The basic theory of GDL... read more
Feb 13, 2014
The Hollister family is pleased to announce contributions from the Reid Hollister Memorial Fund and the proceeds from the sale of Not So Fast: Parenting your Teen Through the Dangers of Driving. As described on this blog and the Not So Fast website,... read more
Jan 23, 2014
It is hard to keep up with the articles, reports, and opinion pieces about distracted driving. It seems as though each week brings a new slew of information and analysis. I thought it might be helpful for parents trying to understand how to handle electronic... read more
Jan 15, 2014
On Sunday January 12 I had the honor of being a guest on the Mr. Dad Positive Parenting radio program hosted by Armin Brott. The show was broadcast on KOIT in the San Francisco area and is now posted as a podcast. Looking at the list of prior guests on this show and... read more
Jan 13, 2014
Yes, this post is not strictly for parents of teen driving, though it does fit with my ongoing concern, shared of course by many others, that in-vehicle, dashboard mounted electronics are on occasion getting entirely out of hand, and this can have an impact on both... read more
Jan 7, 2014
The relatively new science of the human brain and distracted driving seems to be gradually exposing, as myth, the idea that texting and use of cell phones and in-vehicle electronics is not distracting because humans are good at multi-tasking. The reality is that our... read more
