by Tim | Oct 1, 2012 | Uncategorized
Faithful readers of this blog, I think, would agree that one of my recurring efforts and themes is to make parents aware of aspects of teen driving that are less than obvious — that is, just below the surface of our consciousness, and therefore not realized or...
by Tim | Sep 18, 2012 | Uncategorized
During this past summer, as auto manufacturers rolled out 2013 models, dozens of articles appeared describing their new “connected car” features — dashboard mounted screens synched to smart phones, console cradles for iPads, handwriting recognition,...
by Tim | Sep 10, 2012 | Uncategorized
A reminder to parents about two topics I have posted about previously: wearing headphones, and using a GPS. I came across an article from the Canadian version of the Huffington Post, reporting on two separate incidents in which teen drivers were killed when they cars...
by Tim | Sep 8, 2012 | Uncategorized
In my recent post entitled “Safe Teen Driving On The Front Page,” I reviewed a New York Times article that spotlighted teen driver passenger restrictions and vehicle decals, with a focus on New Jersey’s strict laws. As most newspapers do today, the...
by Tim | Aug 27, 2012 | Uncategorized
Every so often I come across an article for parents of teen drivers that makes me grimace: well intentioned, but wrong. Today, with apologies to the organization that wrote it, I will explain why the advice given in a recent post is way off the mark. I will not link...
by Tim | Aug 16, 2012 | Uncategorized
It is not every day that safe teen driving makes the front page of a national newspaper, but yesterday The New York Times featured a front page story, “Youth Driver Limits Curb Even the Double Date”,...
