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OK: State Senate Should Oppose Bill that Undermines Graduated Driver Licensing Law

Advocates has stated our opposition to leadership in the Oklahoma Senate on House Bill (HB) 3191. The measure would eliminate passenger limits for novice teen drivers who have an intermediate Class D license (intermediate license) or who have a farmer’s permit. In doing so, it will weaken the graduated driver licensing (GDL) law and threaten the safety of these drivers…

NJ: After Years-Long Advocacy Effort, Gov. Murphy Signs Law Improving State’s Graduated Driver Licensing Program

Advocates and our partners at NJM Insurance Group and Selective Insurance thank Gov. Phil Murphy (D) for signing Senate Bill (S.) 2789/Assembly Bill (A.) 3793 into law today. This action will improve New Jersey’s Graduated Driver Licensing Program, making roads safer for all. Read our statement here.

Advocates Urges California Lawmakers to Upgrade the State’s Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) Law

This legislation will improve the current graduated driver licensing (GDL) law for novice young drivers by requiring participation in the state’s program by older teen and young adult novice drivers up to age 21. California law only covers teenagers up to age 18, leaving other at-risk young novice drivers, and all those who share the roads with them, unnecessarily exposed to a high risk of preventable crashes.

Advocates Urges California Lawmakers to Enact Legislation to Improve the State’s Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) Law

AB 2388 is timely legislation to help curb traffic fatalities as a significant number of teens today are delaying obtaining a driver’s license and, consequently, are not benefitting from GDL programs according to research by the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Center for Injury Research and Prevention (CHOP CIRP) and the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety.