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KY: Bill Allowing More Inexperienced Drivers on Roads Threatens Safety For All

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Advocates has urged the leadership of the Kentucky Senate Committee on Transportation to oppose House Bill (HB) 15. This measure will reduce the minimum driving age by one year to 15 years old and reduce the minimum age for an…

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

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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.

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Announcement of a new coalition supporting upgrades to graduated driver licensing requirements in New Jersey

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To kick off National Teen Driver Safety Week, AAA Clubs of New Jersey — along with more than 20 like-minded traffic safety, education, and insurance organizations — announced their support for S1963/A1354, sponsored by Senator Nilsa Cruz-Perez and Assembly Transportation Chairman Daniel Benson.

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Letter Opposing Senate Bill (SB) 69 to Weaken North Carolina’s Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) Law

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The learner period is the safest time for novice drivers, supervised by a licensed adult, while they gain skills and confidence to drive independently and responsibly. This is also the stage in which the
supervising adult has an opportunity to help instill lifetime safe driving behaviors. Unfortunately, SB 69 seeks to reduce the critical learner’s period from 12 to just six months.

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