Proof: Strict Rules for Teen Drivers Reduce Fatalities

Readers of this blog know that I got my start in the cause of safer teen driving by serving on a statewide task force here in Connecticut that transformed our teen driving law from one of the nation’s most lenient to one of the strictest.  Our changes included...

Safe Teen Driving News

Last week I attended the Annual Meeting of the National Organizations for Youth Safety, www.noys.org, and picked up the following news items to pass along: First, with regard to federal safe teen driving legislation, recall that in Congress, what was known as the...

Judging Speed

I hope the past few blog posts have encouraged you to find a copy of Tom Vanderbilt’s book Traffic. The number of insights it offers into traffic safety is breathtaking. Once again let me spotlight a seemingly simple Vanderbilt observation that, on closer...