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Legislature OKs 14-month delay for teen-parent driving logs rule
(Story provided courtesy of the Crosstown Traffic blog fromthe News and Observer)
The General Assembly this morning approved a 14-month delay in the effective date for signed driving logs -- documenting that parents were in the front seat to supervise 60 hours of driving -- that will be required before 16- or 17-year-olds can get their driver's licenses
Cell phone use by teenagers remains a dangerous problem
Kailey Mann, 15, (driving) and Austin Lingle, 15, both 10th graders at Sun Valley High, demonstrate a problem found too often in automobiles driven by teens. Texting and driving, although not just a problem with young drivers, accounts for almost 30 percent of car accidents on US highways. (This is an illustration photo only.)
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