High School Starting Times

A recent article in The New York Times about teen driving (“New Lessons To Pave a Road to Safety,” Monday April 9, page D5), to which I will respond in my next post (because it says some things with which I disagree), describes a recent report into Journal...

Air Traffic Control

We have been reading recently about air traffic controllers falling asleep on the job.  Thinking of teen drivers as pilots and parents as air traffic controllers is not a bad analogy, actually.  Parents should consider every time their teen proposes to get behind the...

My Answers To The Distracted Driving And Texting Quiz

Did you take it?  How did you do?  Here are my answers: 1.  In general, distracted driving means hands off the wheel, eyes off the road, or mind off the driving situation. 2.  A psychologist may have a more precise definition, but when applied to driving...