by Tim | Feb 28, 2011 | Uncategorized
For several years, the Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles, with assistance from various non-profits organizations and sponsors (this year, Travelers), has conducted a statewide video contest for high school students, on safe driving. The specific topic this...
by Tim | Feb 17, 2011 | Uncategorized
In 2008, Connecticut’s Safe Teen Driving Task Force recommended that 16 and 17 year-old-drivers be prohibited from carrying passengers other than an adult supervising driver for their first six months with a license, and from carrying anyone other than immediate...
by Tim | Feb 9, 2011 | Uncategorized
In prior posts on this blog and in my presentations, the starting point for my advice to parents of teen drivers has been: “Unfortunately, there is no such thing as a safe teen driver,” and I have listed three reasons. First, the brains of teenagers have...
by Tim | Jan 31, 2011 | Uncategorized
Driving in general and teen driving in particular have lots of acronyms and abbreviations: GDL, STANDUP, IID (that’s ignition interlock device), MPG, MPH, BAC, DUI, DWI, FARS (Fatality Analysis Reporting System), DOT, NHTSA, AAA, and many others. I would like...
by Tim | Jan 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has made safe teen driving a priority, and “CHOP” publishes a superb website about teen driving, found at www.teendriversource.org. If you have not visited, I urge you to do so. One of the most interesting and...
by Tim | Jan 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
Some of the topics I post about are a bit theoretical, in the sense that I talk about things I have observed but never actually experienced. This topic, seemingly dry, is real and personal. In an earlier post, I discussed how parents can use...
