by Tim | Aug 19, 2011 | Uncategorized
Two ways to supplement a teen driver’s actual behind-the-wheel training time are simulators and high performance driving programs. Each has a benefit. If we conceive of driving as the experience of reacting correctly to the complex and rapidly-changing...
by Tim | Aug 11, 2011 | Uncategorized
This is another two-edged sword topic; the title could suggest that choosing a particular make and model car somehow overcomes the risks discussed in previous posts. This is not the case, and the only advice for this topic that is consistent with this blog is: the...
by Tim | Jul 27, 2011 | Uncategorized
Teen driver laws in many states contain “passenger restrictions” — minimum time periods that must elapse before a newly-licensed 16 or 17 year old driver may transport certain categories of people. In general, nationwide, there are two types of...
by Tim | Jul 22, 2011 | Uncategorized
Today would have been Reid’s 22nd birthday. In this blog, I try not to be emotional or maudlin, but to use the conviction drawn from my experience with the worst case scenario of teen driving to convey to parents clear, sensible advice about keeping their teen...
by Tim | Jul 11, 2011 | Uncategorized
One of the ways that parents can use technology to keep close track of their teen’s driving is to install a Global Positioning System in the teen’s car. I have not researched the expense, reliability, or practicality of these systems, but there is no...
by Tim | Jul 1, 2011 | Uncategorized
Yogi Berra is credited with saying, “You can observe a lot just by watching.” Part of my research for this blog is simply watching, to the extent I safely can, what other drivers, especially young ones, do when they are on the road. A recent...
