| Tough state laws when it comes to driving may be | | | | things for we all would be looking at lost lives which |
| something that teenage drivers would not welcome | | | | are quite impossible to replace compared to Dynomax |
| with open arms. But then again, a study that has just | | | | auto parts which when damaged can be easily |
| been conducted by the AAA Foundation for Traffic | | | | substituted. |
| Safety did say that those states with tougher laws | | | | The seven elements are: a person must at least be 16 |
| actually have lesser grave crashes. This just reflects | | | | years old at the very least before they actually are |
| that such laws may not be quite a big deal for some | | | | given a learner's permit; the driver must have the |
| but they do help out a lot keep teens and other | | | | learner's permit for at least six whole months before |
| motorists safe while driving. | | | | they are actually given a driver's license that would |
| Brad Roeber is the president for the Chicago arm of | | | | allow them to drive without having any experienced |
| the AAA. On this new study, he says, "Motor vehicle | | | | driver to supervise him or her; when the driver is still |
| crashes remain the number one cause of death for | | | | learning, there is a requirement that he should have at |
| teens in the United States, and roughly 1,000 | | | | least 30 hours of driving practice while being |
| 16-year-old drivers are involved in fatal crashes each | | | | supervised by an experienced driver after which he |
| year. This study was commissioned to understand the | | | | would be granted a certification; a person should at |
| ability of legislation to make a difference on teen driver | | | | least be 16 years and six months old before he is |
| safety. Based on the research results, the impact of | | | | given a driver's license and this is called the |
| GDL programs is highly impressive." | | | | intermediate stage of licensing; those with intermediate |
| There are actually seven basic elements for the GDL | | | | licenses should not be allowed to drive after the clock |
| (Graduated Driver Licensing) system. And these basic | | | | strikes 10pm; those with intermediate licenses can be |
| elements were considered by the AAA Foundation | | | | allowed to have only one passengers except in the |
| for Traffic Safety when they tackled the study that | | | | cases where family members are the passengers; |
| covered several states all across the United States. | | | | and to get the unrestricted license, one should be at |
| After all, it is quite important to study about these | | | | the very least be 17 years old. |