by Tim | Apr 10, 2015 | Uncategorized
Earlier this week it was my privilege to attend the annual awards ceremony for the top high school student-produced safe teen driving videos. As in recent years, this year’s contest was sponsored by Travelers and the CT Department of Motor Vehicles, and the ceremony...
by Tim | Apr 1, 2015 | Uncategorized
Sometimes, someone writes something that captures the essence of a problem in a few well-chosen words. In February, long-time New Yorker magazine writer and New York City resident Adam Gopnik published an article “The Driver’s Seat: What we learn when we learn to...
by Tim | Mar 30, 2015 | Uncategorized
In case you missed it, here is a video clip of reporter Tom Costello’s Today Show report on the new AAA Foundation study of teen drivers and distraction. In short: texting and passengers are the key distractions, and the problem is much worse than prior government...
by Tim | Mar 28, 2015 | Uncategorized
Along with many safe teen driving advocates, I will be reviewing and commenting on a new study released today by the AAA Foundation about teen driving and distractions, but this study promises to be so important that I am providing the link to it asap. More to...
by Tim | Mar 26, 2015 | Uncategorized
I am a bit behind on passing along Kathy Bernstein Harris’s sage, real time words of wisdom about coaching her son, a new teen driver. This post deals with something called driving in snow – remember that?...
by Tim | Mar 24, 2015 | Uncategorized
Last weekend, for the fourth time, I attended the Lifesavers Conference, the annual meeting of the national traffic safety community. (This year we were in Chicago – sunny and warm!) I always learn a great deal. I am always inspired to be in the company of so...
