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Title: TEEN DRIVER STUDY COMMISSION IMPROVING TEEN DRIVER SAFETY


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TEEN DRIVER STUDY COMMISSIONIMPROVING TEEN
DRIVER SAFETY
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TEEN DRIVER STUDY COMMISSION
  • TDSC established through legislation
    (Assembly Bill A617), (Senate Bill S1962)
  • Signed into law by Governor Corzine March 2007

3
MISSION
  • To conduct a comprehensive review of
  • teen driving in New Jersey and make
  • recommendations that will ultimately
  • reduce crashes and save lives.

4
TDSC MEMBERS
  • Legislators
  • School administrators
  • Government and law enforcement officials
  • AAA, driving school and insurance industry
    professionals
  • Teen driver
  • PTA member

5
CURRENT GDL LAW
  • Permit at 16 (6 hrs. BTW) or 17 (hold min. 6
    months)
  • License at 17 (hold provisional license min. 12
    months)
  • Restrictions nighttime, passengers, seat belts,
    portable electronic devices

6
ESSENTIAL RECOMMENDATIONS
  • Develop an event-based GDL monitoring program
    that includes sanctions (training, suspension and
    postponement) that effectively deter GDL and
    non-serious and serious motor vehicle violations.

7
ESSENTIAL RECOMMENDATIONS
  • Until event-based monitoring and enhanced
    sanctions are implemented, ban plea agreements
    for traffic offenses committed by GDL holders.

8
ESSENTIAL RECOMMENDATIONS
  • Implement the programming changes necessary to
    ensure that MVCs current and pending computer
    system can accommodate all components of the GDL
    law.

9
ESSENTIAL RECOMMENDATIONS
  • Develop a GDL identifier that must be affixed to
    a vehicle when driven by a permit or probationary
    license holder.

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ESSENTIAL RECOMMENDATIONS
  • Require a parent/guardian to attend a teen
    driver orientation program with his or her teen
    prior to applying for a permit.

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ESSENTIAL RECOMMENDATIONS
  • Require teens to complete a minimum number of
    hours of certified practice driving during the
    permit phase.

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ESSENTIAL RECOMMENDATIONS
  • Extend the permit phase from a minimum of six
    months to one year for all new drivers 16 to 20
    years of age.

13
ESSENTIAL RECOMMENDATIONS
  • Limit the number of passengers in the
    probationary phase to one regardless of the
    passengers relationship to the driver.

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ESSENTIAL RECOMMENDATIONS
  • Sanction, in addition to the teen driver, all
    passengers 16 to 20 years of age on a permit,
    probationary or basic license, who violate the
    GDL passenger and safety belt restrictions.

15
ESSENTIAL RECOMMENDATIONS
  • Lower the nighttime driving hours restriction
    from 12 a.m. to 11 p.m. for probationary license
    holders.

16
ESSENTIAL RECOMMENDATIONS
  • Close the loophole in the seat belt law to
    ensure all back seat passengers 18 years of age
    and older buckle up.

17
ESSENTIAL RECOMMENDATIONS
  • Appropriate funding for driver education through
    the GDL-mandated Driver Education Fund.

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ESSENTIAL RECOMMENDATIONS
  • Develop and deliver to public and private
    schools a standardized traffic safety/driver
    education curriculum and incorporate it into New
    Jerseys Core Curriculum Contest Standards for
    students in grades K-12.

19
ESSENTIAL RECOMMENDATIONS
  • Amend the GDL law and the corresponding
    regulations to clearly define six hours of
    behind-the-wheel driver training.

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THE NEW AND IMPROVED GDL
  • Permit Phase
  • Minimum age of 16
  • Pass vision screening and written test
  • Complete a parent/guardian teen orientation
  • Hold permit for a minimum of one year
  • Minimum 6 hours behind-the-wheel training for 16
    year old permit holder, optional for permit
    holders 17-20 years of age

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THE NEW AND IMPROVED GDL
  • Permit Phase (cont)
  • Minimum 50 hours of certified practice driving
    (10 of those hours must be at night)
  • Minimum of 100 hours of certified practice
    driving (20 of those hours must be at night)
    without behind-the-wheel training
  • Display a GDL identifier (color specific) on
    vehicle

22
THE NEW AND IMPROVED GDL
  • Permit Phase Restrictions
  • Limit of one passenger
  • regardless of relationship to driver (unless
    passenger is 25 years of age or older)
  • No driving between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m.
  • No use of portable electronic devices (i.e.,
    hand-held or hands-free cell phones, ipods, video
    games, etc.)
  • Driver and all passengers must wear seat belts

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THE NEW AND IMPROVED GDL
  • Probationary Phase
  • Complete all requirements of the permit phase
  • Pass skills/road test
  • Minimum age of 17
  • Hold probationary license for one year
  • Display a GDL identifier (color specific) on
    vehicle

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THE NEW AND IMPROVED GDL
  • Probationary Phase Restrictions
  • Limit of one passenger regardless of relationship
    to the license holder (unless passenger is 25
    years of age or older)
  • No driving between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. (waiver
    available for employment and religious activities
    and/or emergency situations)
  • No use of portable electronic devices (i.e.,
    hand-held or hands-free cell phones, ipods, video
    games, etc.)
  • Driver and all passengers must wear seat belts

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WHERE WE ARE TODAY
  • Attorney General Directive
  • Effective Sept. 17, 2008 bans municipal
    prosecutors from offering plea agreements
  • to all GDL holders
  • 3 points trigger training and monitoring for 12
    months additional points trigger
  • 90 day suspension
  • 17 yr olds 1 user of unsafe operator

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IDENTIFYING TEEN DRIVERS
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CHECKING UP ON YOUR TEEN
  • MVC Customer Contact Center
  • Free Verbal Abstracts (10 paper copy)
  • (609) 292-6500 or (888) 486-3339
  • Supply parent and teens names, DOBs, address,
    d-license s
  • Accidents, violations, municipal court MVC
    administrative actions, privilege status

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LEGISLATION
  • Four bills passed by the full Assembly
  • A3067 codifies ban on plea agreements
  • A3068 parent/teen orientation, 12 month
  • permit, practice driving, 6 hrs
    BTW
  • A3069 vehicle identifier (Kyleighs Law)
  • A3070 nighttime and passenger
  • restrictions, probationary

29
LEGISLATION
  • Two bills passed by the full Senate
  • S16 nighttime and passenger restrictions,
  • probationary
  • S2314 vehicle identifier (Kyleighs Law)

30
LEGISLATION
  • Closing the backseat loophole
  • A870 Assembly approved in February
  • S18 stalled in the Senate
  • Governor will sign!

31
LEGISLATION
  • Introduced in the Assembly
  • A3635 Driver and passengers cited for GDL
    violations

32
MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT
  • Revise MOA to include police departments
    notifying schools when teens commit GDL
    and/or moving violations.
  • Tie to parking privilege
  • OAG/DOE MOA Committee reviewed, including in
    2009-10 FAQs

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GDL CHECKPOINTS
  • Tie education with enforcement
  • Engage schools in pushing out the message Dont
    Drive Stupid
  • Set up check points at/near schools and other
    teen frequented areas
  • Emphasis isnt on writing tickets, but violations
    are cited
  • DHTS provides enforcement grants, materials

34
TEEN SOCIAL MARKETING
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RESOURCES
  • Teen-Parent, Parent-to-Parent Contracts
  • How to Choose a Driving School, Buying Your Teen
    a Car
  • Websites
  • Alive at 25 Program
  • Auto Insurance Companies

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FINAL THOUGHTS
  • State law is a minimum standard
  • Partner with your teen and their friends parents
  • Practice, practice, practice
  • Be a good role model
  • Once licensed, your teen is still a driver in
    training

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MORE INFORMATION
  • Pam Fischer
  • NJ Division of Highway Traffic Safety
  • 609-633-9272/9021
  • pam.fischer_at_lps.state.nj.us
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