by Tim | Aug 1, 2014 | Uncategorized
My friend Sharon Carty, Editor of AOL Autos, gave me a wonderful opportunity to turn my focus from parents to teens by asking me to write an open letter to teens who are getting their driver’s license, telling them what I think they should know, and hope they will...
by Tim | Jul 27, 2014 | Uncategorized
The National Organizations for Youth Safety, known as NOYS, has been a steadfast supporter of my safe teen driving work, both on this blog and my book Not So Fast (Sandy Spavone, former NOYS Executive Director, wrote the Foreword to Not So Fast). NOYS intern Emma...
by Tim | Jul 22, 2014 | Uncategorized
Reid would have turned 25 today. He died at age 17 in December 2006, the driver in a one-car crash, eleven months after getting his license. During the past seven years, I have heard one question more than any other: “It never goes away, does...
by Tim | Jul 18, 2014 | Uncategorized
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has performed a great public service with a new report saying that many teens drive cars that lack important safety features; identifying what features parents should look for if buying a car for teen; and ranking used...
by Tim | Jul 13, 2014 | Uncategorized
Many of the largest insurance companies who insure teen drivers, and some technology companies as well, now have “apps” that parents may use to monitor their teen drivers. Some of the insurers offer discounted premiums for families who install their app. In general,...
by Tim | Jul 7, 2014 | Uncategorized
I recently received a message from a person involved with commercial driving schools, criticizing my book Not So Fast because on the back cover it lists as one of the book’s topics, “Why Driver’s Ed does not produce safe drivers.” Let me set the record straight about...
