Should Teen Drivers Use Global Positioning Systems?

This topic started out with what seemed like a simple question from my friend Brandon Dufour, one of Connecticut’s most astute driving instructors and the owner of the All-Star Driving School.  A parent of one of his teen driver students insisted that even...

Juvenile Court? – Part 2

I have received several off-line comments about my last post on whether teen driver cases should be handled in juvenile court, where they are shielded from public view.  Most have opposed my position, saying that the teen driver has suffered enough; the criminal...

Serious Teen Driver Offenses: Juvenile or Adult Court?

In January 2010, a sixteen-year-old driver here in Connecticut was driving on Interstate 84 at 8:30 on a Saturday morning and collided with a school bus.  A student on the bus died, and the teen driver has been charged with negligent homicide.  Obviously, this...