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Who Drives Worse:
Girls or Boys?
A survey
reported in The Wall Street Journal May 5, 2010 shows that
48%
of girls drive 10 mph over the limit,
compared to
36% of boys.
And girls
are also more likely than boys to drive while using a
cellphone or texting!
Surprised?
So were we!
Parents, talk with your teens about safe driving!
Every year 3,500 teens
go for a drive and never
make it home

In 2008, about 3,500 teens -
ages 15 to 19 - in the United States were killed in car
crashes
Source: Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention: www.cdc.gov/MotorVehicleSafety/Teen_Drivers/teendrivers_factsheet.html
Teens
drivers using a cellphone or texting will be breaking the
law as of July 1
As of July 1, teens will be
breaking Indiana Law if they use their cell phone for
talking or texting while driving. Governor Daniels recently
signed Senate Bill 16 to reduce the high traffic fatality
rate for teen drivers. Several provisions that take effect
July 1 are aimed at reducing
distractions
in vehicles. They include banning drivers younger than 18
from talking on cell phones or texting while driving;
extending the period in which new teen drivers’ passengers
are restricted from three months to six months; and
expanding nighttime driving restrictions for the first 180
days.
Teens will get their
license a few months later under new law in effect as of
July 2010
A new law that will take effect
in July 2010 will mean teens will be eligible to get their
license on a new timeframe. Currently, teenagers who take
driver’s education can get a license at 16 years and 1
month. That will be extended to 16 years and six months.
Teens who don’t take driver’s education now can get a
license at 16 years and 6 months. They also would have to
have 50 hours of driving supervised by someone age 25 or
older to get a license. The new law will extend that wait to
16 years and 9 months. |