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

Humor...

It even looks like Kal a little... more here.

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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Texting

Adults who should know better feel driven to text. Read article here.

Check out article on CNN about the Newly Licensed Car Magnets!

Way to go Susan! Click here to read.

Virginia Tech cell phone research on driving distraction

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

Combined, these studies continuously observed drivers for more than 6 million miles of driving. VTTI’s studies that included light vehicle drivers and truck drivers, manual manipulation of phones such as dialing and texting of the cell phone lead to a substantial increase in the risk of being involved in a safety-critical event such as a crash or near-crash. However, talking or listening increased risk much less for light vehicles and not at all for trucks. Text messaging on a cell phone was associated with the highest risk of all cell phone related tasks.

U.S. withheld data on risks of distracted driving

Read article in New York Times (MSNBC) on research conducted by NSTSA on use of cell phones while driving.

In 2003, researchers at a federal agency proposed a long-term study of 10,000 drivers to assess the safety risk posed by cellphone use behind the wheel.
They sought the study based on evidence that such multitasking was a serious and growing threat on America’s roadways.
But such an ambitious study never happened. And the researchers’ agency, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, decided not to make public hundreds of pages of research and warnings about the use of phones by drivers — in part, officials say, because of concerns about angering Congress.

More here.