New data from Virginia Tech Transportation Institute provides insight into cell phone use and driving distraction

"All cell phone use should be banned for newly licensed teen drivers. Our research has shown that teens tend to engage in cell phone tasks much more frequently -- and in much more risky situations -- than adults. Thus, our studies indicate that teens are four times more likely to get into a related crash or near-crash event than their adult counterparts."

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18 Months Jail for Mom that gave Teen alcohol in fatal crash

Cobb mom gets jail time in teen alcohol case - AJC

“I want her to think twice,” Reed said. “I want the community to think twice.”


Reed’s 17-year-old son Garrett died after police say he obtained alcohol from Whitfield’s step-son, Lyndon Winfree, on Jan. 23. In court Wednesday, Whitfield, 44, testified she purchased the alcohol that night, but didn’t know her step-son planned to give it to friends.

Newly Licensed on CNN

Tagging teen drivers for their protection - CNN.com

Young Adult Driver Task Team member Susan Kessler's program, "Caution--Newly Licensed," was featured on CNN this morning.

Kessler has developed signs for teens with learner permits and first-year licenses. They are attached magnetically to the car's sheet metal and display the words "Caution Newly Licensed."

It's not hard to imagine the signs being a nightmare to teens obsessed with what their peers think. But, Kessler, a Kennesaw, Georgia, mother of six, says the real horror is out on the highway: thousands of young people are killed and injured in traffics every year.
More than 15,000 of people have ordered the signs since Kessler and a group of other moms introduced them four years ago

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Young Adult Driver Task Team Meeting - August 12 - GDOT TMC

The next YADTT Meeting will be August 12, 2009.

Please RSVP to be added to the security clearance list.
PLEASE NOTE: *PHOTO ID IS REQUIRED FOR ENTRY*

Our agenda includes the following items:
• SHSP Update

• Safe Speeds Law (“Super Speeder”)
• Underage Drinking Summit
• Hazard Recognition


Wednesday - August 12, 2009
9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Georgia Department of Transportation
Traffic Management Center
935 East Confederate Avenue, Building 24
Atlanta, GA 30316
Contact: Ron Boodhoo 404-635-8008


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