by Tim | Nov 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
[for additional information about the STANDUP Act, go to www.saferoads4teens.org] November , 2009 The Hon. Christopher J. Dodd United States Senate 448 Russell Building Washington, DC 20510 Re: H.R. 1895, The Safe Teen Driving and Novice Driver Uniform...
by Tim | Oct 22, 2009 | Uncategorized
I launched this blog to provide a perspective that differs from the mainstream literature on teen driving published by motor vehicle departments, driving schools, journalists, and even safety advocates. A recent article posted on www.Edmunds.com, the car buying...
by Tim | Oct 12, 2009 | Uncategorized
Let me say first that in this post, when I refer to “driver’s ed,” I am referring to all types of teen driver training and education, whether provided by parents, other licensed drivers, high schools, or commercial driving schools. Parents who...
by Tim | Oct 8, 2009 | Uncategorized
As a member of the task force that recommended overhauling Connecticut’s teen driving laws, I learned a critical lesson from the driving instructors who served with me. Their point was so obvious that I wasn’t sure why it had not occurred to me while I...
by Tim | Sep 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
John Rosemond, the parenting-advice columnist, recently posed this question to parents of teens: Would you allow your son or daughter to participate in an activity that had a one in 10,000 chance of death? To a person, the parents said no. Then Rosemond revealed...
by Tim | Sep 15, 2009 | Uncategorized
In recent weeks the Wall Street Journal has featured a series of personal advice columns written jointly by its San Francisco bureau chief Steve Yoder and his college-bound, eighteen-year-old son Isaac. In one recent column, Steve offered advice to Isaac about how to...
