by Tim | Oct 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
I am pleased today to provide a guest post by Kelly Larsen of IDriveSafely, an online driving school based in Carlsbad, California. The Passenger Problem: How Driving Peers Affects Teens They’ve turned 16, they’ve passed their driving test—and now they’ve got their...
by Tim | Sep 29, 2013 | Uncategorized
To celebrate the publication and national release of Not So Fast, about 150 family, friends, and the Connecticut traffic safety community gathered at the Asylum Hill Congregational Church. It was a fabulous and poignant event. TV personality and commentator Duby...
by Tim | Sep 23, 2013 | Uncategorized
A single mother of a newly-licensed teen called me. She was almost in tears, on the edge of panic. She said her son was a good kid but she was terrified about his driving and did not know “where to start.” We talked through the situation. Obviously, I...
by Tim | Sep 17, 2013 | Uncategorized
Connecticut’s Department of Motor Vehicles has issued to driving schools statewide, and posted on its website, a new video that explains the basics of the state’s teen driver laws. Connecticut’s Graduated Driver Licensing system was overhauled in 2008 in the wake of...
by Tim | Sep 9, 2013 | Uncategorized
When I am not blogging about safer teen driving, I am a lawyer. Lawyers are often criticized for many excesses, but one thing that has made me proud to practice is the way in which, at times, legal theories and advocacy have made the world a safer place. So I nearly...
by Tim | Sep 7, 2013 | Uncategorized
Last week I was privileged to spend several days at the Governors’ Highway Safety Association Annual Conference, in San Diego. The meeting is attended by the Highway Safety Offices of the 50 states. At the meeting, the Connecticut Department of Transportation was...
