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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.