Jun 25, 2013
For the past week I have been reading in the Hartford Courant, as you have in your newspaper or news source, about one high school after another celebrating its graduation. The school year is over. Summer is in full swing, weatherwise (it’s 94 here in Ct today) and... read more
Jun 18, 2013
The AAA Foundation has released a new report about distracted driving, one that measures the relative distraction of hand held vs. hands free electronic devices in cars. The study can be found at... read more
Jun 12, 2013
Ok, that’s a bad pun in the title of this post. Just want to get your attention. Researchers at the George Institute for Global Health in Australia, writing in the American Medical Association journal JAMA Pediatrics, report the results of a large study about teen... read more
Jun 3, 2013
Getting teens to stop texting involves not just warnings but creative and memorable ways to get teens focused on the problem (that is, use social media!). I highly recommend a new campaign prepared and promoted by the folks at Impact Teen Drivers in California,... read more
May 20, 2013
I’ve been at this blog for nearly four years, posting articles and photos. A few weeks ago, Connecticut Children’s Medical Center approached my family about making a video about Reid’s story, for teen drivers and their parents. The link, released... read more
May 15, 2013
A friend of mine, a mother of four boys, sent along this article from a newspaper in Marshfield, Massachusetts, where she grew up. It was written by the Police Chief of Marshfield, and provides an eloquent and powerful reminder of the consequences of bad teen driver... read more
May 14, 2013
Last Wednesday, May 8, I had the privilege to attend the U.S. launch of Global Youth Traffic Safety Month, organized by the National Organizations for Youth Safety (NOYS). An inspirational day it was, on the steps of the Jefferson Memorial (with weather that... read more
May 7, 2013
As explained here a few weeks ago, the Road Safety Foundation has been organizing an international traffic and pedestrian safety campaign called The Long Short Walk. The campaign originated with the family of Nelson Mandela, whose great granddaughter was killed in a... read more
Apr 28, 2013
Today, another interesting topic from the recent Lifesavers Conference. Presenter Pam Fischer, who has been active in safe teen driving in New Jersey and nationally for 30 years, presented a chart that compared the top five things that, according to surveys, parents... read more
Apr 23, 2013
Another nugget of wisdom from the Lifesavers Conference: The dangers of teen drivers having passengers, especially other teens or siblings, are well documented. For teen drivers, any passenger who is not a supervising adult driver is a potential distraction, and the... read more
