News Articles Archives
News Articles 2008
December 2008
Panel Recommends Teen Driver Safety Measures
December 31, 2008 • WXXI • Rochester, NY
The panel also says teen driving safety is a public health issue, and needs to be heavily promoted as such. Department of Motor Vehicles Commissioner David ...
Bill aims to spotlight teen drivers
December 29, 2008 • The Star-Ledger/NJ.com • Newark, NJ
Before senators passed the measure last month, Weeks recruited three of Kyleigh's closest friends to make a video on teen driving dangers that was posted on ...
Teen dies in wreck in Woodstock
December 28, 2008 • Atlanta Journal Constitution • Atlanta, GA
Speed, lack of seat belt use and driving while impaired are the primary contributing factors to fatal accidents, and most fatal crashes occur on secondary ...
Teen texting and driving troublesome, but ...
December 28, 2008 • Portsmouth Herald News • Portsmouth, NH
So, why shouldn't they be able to text while they're driving? Kids have sick texting skills. Granted, they wouldn't if spelling and grammar counted ...
Teen crash rates renew call for toughening licensing restrictions ...
December 28, 2008 • Dubuque Telegraph Herald • Dubuque, IA
"It may be frustrating for some because it's overwhelming," Kent Paca, president of A Tri-State Driving School in Dubuque, said. "Driving is a lifelong ...
Collins teen, 19, killed in rollover accident
December 27, 2008 • Sandusky Register • Sandusky, OH
His mother, Elizabeth Peggs,said no one seemed to know why he was out so late driving or where he was going. But she said she found some comfort in the fact ...
Device jams cell phone while person is driving
December 26, 2008 • Chicago Tribune • Chicago, IL
... phone use among teen drivers increased despite laws like one in Illinois that prohibits anyone younger than 19 from using a cell phone while driving ...
Teen driver hurt after losing control of car on icy roads
December 25, 2008 • Port Clinton News Herald • Port Clinton, OH
According to the report, Cassie D. Harmon, 17, 1930 N. Clara Drive, Oak Harbor, was driving a 1999 Pontiac coupe east on Ohio 2 at North Stange Road when ...
Teen dies in single-car crash in Estero
December 24, 2008 • Naples Daily News • Naples, FL
George Clem, 19, died when the car he was driving overturned near the intersection of Three Oaks Parkway and Pine Chase Drive around 10 pm Clem was ...
Teen admits speeding to "grab air" in fatal Oneida crash
December 23, 2008 • The Post-Standard/Syracuse.com • Syracuse, NY
By Aaron Gifford Michael Krowicki told police that he knew he was driving at least twice the legal speed limit in an attempt to "grab air" on Oneida's ...
Living close to where alcohol is sold could affect teen drinking
December 23, 2008 • Los Angeles Times • Los Angeles, CA
A new study reveals that the closer teens live to where alcohol is sold, the greater the risk may be of binge drinking and driving under the influence ...
Teen Charged In Crash That Killed 4
December 22, 2008 • MSNBC • Louisville, KY
Louisville Metro Police spokeswoman Alicia Smiley says the boy was driving a stolen Honda Accord with four friends in it Thursday night when it hit a pole ...
November 2008
Unlicensed Teenaged Drivers: Who Are They, and How Do They Behave When They Are Behind the Wheel? (pdf)
November 21, 2008 • Pediatrics
The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and associated risk factors for unlicensed driving among 9th- through 11th-graders...
Students combine efforts to encourage safe driving habits
November 16, 2008 • Pittsburgh Tribune Review
Some 500 high school student leaders in the region recently gathered at California University of Pennsylvania to AAA's annual Youth Traffic Safety Conference...
November 11, 2008 • The Arizona Republic
Car accidents are no accident, especially with teen drivers. Words like collision, wreck and crash more accurately describe the needless violence of an automotive fatality...