Jul 12, 2012
Mourning Parents Act, known as !MPACT, www.mourningparentsact.org, is an organization started by three mothers who lost teens in car crashes here in Connecticut. Their mission is to bring to high school students a message about the consequences for families and... read more
Jul 2, 2012
I received an email from Jessica Tirta of Onlineschools.com, with an infographic about texting – which the graphic calls “driving while intexticated” – which I think is very clever! I am pleased to pass along the infographic:... read more
Jun 27, 2012
Today I will (finally) finish my comments on Tom Vanderbilt’s book, Traffic. He observes that drivers travelling 50 miles per hour are 25 times more likely to die than those driving at 25 miles per hour (p. 210). This fact, which is well documented, has several... read more
Jun 23, 2012
Last week I attended (and spoke at) the Lifesavers Conference, the annual meeting of the national traffic safety community, and as usual I came away with new ideas for blog posts. Let me start with a new thought about teen driving agreements (see my model agreement... read more
Jun 7, 2012
The Lifesavers Conference is the annual meeting of the national traffic safety community. This year, it will take place in Orlando from June 14-16. The conference features several “tracks” — seminar series — including on distracted driving... read more
May 26, 2012
Readers of this blog know that I got my start in the cause of safer teen driving by serving on a statewide task force here in Connecticut that transformed our teen driving law from one of the nation’s most lenient to one of the strictest. Our changes included... read more
May 21, 2012
Last week I attended the Annual Meeting of the National Organizations for Youth Safety, www.noys.org, and picked up the following news items to pass along: First, with regard to federal safe teen driving legislation, recall that in Congress, what was known as the... read more
May 15, 2012
I hope the past few blog posts have encouraged you to find a copy of Tom Vanderbilt’s book Traffic. The number of insights it offers into traffic safety is breathtaking. Once again let me spotlight a seemingly simple Vanderbilt observation that, on closer... read more
Apr 30, 2012
Continuing with Tom Vanderbilt’s 2009 book Traffic: he observes (p. 160) that “House prices decline measurably as traffic rates and speeds increase,” and “when traffic-calming projects are installed, house prices often rise.” (I may be... read more
Apr 22, 2012
Today’s post continues my series drawing upon the book Traffic (2009) by Tom Vanderbilt. One of his many right-on observations is that drivers “measure themselves in tickets and crashes” (p. 64). In driving as in life, we respond to criticism in... read more
