TDS News
8/01/12
Bridgestone Americas Names Winners in the Teens Drive Smart Video Contest
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Aug. 1, 2012)—Paying for college just got a little easier for the winners of the Bridgestone Americas Teens Drive Smart Video Contest. Param Bodiwala of Norcross, Ga. has been awarded the top prize—a $25,000 college scholarship. His winning. . .
read more7/10/12
Researchers weigh in on the issue of distracted driving
Distracted driving was the hot topic at this year’s Lifesavers conference on highway safety priorities in Orlando, Florida. Besides the session on technologies to prevent distracted driving that we spoke at, there were a number of other discussions last. . .
read more6/28/12
Confessions of a Driving Instructor
PM contributor Mac Demere spent thousands of hours in the passenger’s seat while trying to teach terrifying teenagers to drive or letting amateur motorists test the differences between good and great tires. It’s the kind of gig that. . .
read more6/25/12
This Is The First Totaled 2013 Dodge Dart
They’ve barely made it to dealer lots, but it appears an intoxicated 16 year old has already managed to crash a 2013 Dodge Dart into a house in Rochester Hills, MI.
read more6/20/12
Simulator shows young drivers the risks of distraction
One of the most persistent challenges for teen-driving safety advocates is getting novice drivers to understand that their actions behind the wheel can have far-reaching implications.
read more6/12/12
One More Careless Teen Breaks Our Hearts
This past week, when 18-year-old Aaron Deveau of Haverhill, MA, was convicted of violating a recent law that bans drivers from texting, he made history.
read more6/06/12
Coroner: Teens Killed by Train Were Playing Game
Two Missouri girls struck and killed by an Amtrak train were playing a deadly game, a coroner said Tuesday.
read more6/04/12
4 Ohio teens die after car crashes just hours before high school grad
Butler County Coroner Jim Akers said the teens were playing a game called “Ghost Train,” in which a car is parked on the tracks, purportedly awaiting the arrival of a “ghost train” involved in a fatal derailment many years ago.. . .
read more5/31/12
Texting teens could cost parents everything
A Cleveland-area town is in mourning after three teens were killed in a car wreck Sunday, hours before their high school’s graduation ceremony. A fourth teen died from his injuries Monday, his family said, while a fifth was at. . .
read more5/29/12
Amanda Bynes accused of another car-involved accident
Yesterday in a Haverhill courtroom, jurors heard a taped police interview of Aaron Deveau admitting he was “tired,” “distracted” and speeding when his Blue Chevy Malibu hit the red Toyota Corolla driven by 55-year-old Donald Bowley Jr., who was killed,. . .
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