Teen Drivers Home For The Holidays

I have been asked by the Century Council and its IKnowEverything program to submit a series of guest posts.  Here is the first one! https://twitter.com/IKnowEverything/status/405711176979324928...

A Bad Ad

I am going to call a technical foul on Subaru for its recent TV commercial entitled “Stick Shift.” It shows a father instructing his teenage son in how to drive a stick shift, while the boy’s twin brother sits in the back seat.  The car lurches...

Parenting Teen Drivers Through Electronic Distractions

I am pleased to share the link below to a guest post of mine that was published yesterday by the Huffington Post. HP is doing a month-long series on distracted driving by all drivers, not just teens.  From the link below you can jump to other guest posts and videos on...

Email From A Mother of a Teen Driver

What keeps me going with this blog and the promotion of Not So Fast?  Emails like this one, from a mother of a new teen driver: “I just finished “Not So Fast” and printed out the Model Teen Driving Agreement.  Last month, my son flipped our vehicle...

Teen Drivers Taking “Selfies”

As much as I try to keep up with changes in technology that affect driving, so I can integrate the latest developments into my advice to parents of teen drivers, I will admit to sometimes feeling, and being, behind the curve.  And so it was when I received a press...