STANDUP ACT Might Prevent Teen Car Accidents
Topics: driving safety, auto accident
Written on Sep 7, 2011 2:00:00 PM
Topics: driving safety, auto accident
As Brooksville auto accident attorneys, we’ve alluded here at the blog about the dangers associated with teen driving. Now we’re going to take a look at one of the most important attempts being made to create more stringent rules for teen drivers. Because the adolescent brain is not fully formed (the frontal lobe – the decision-making and insight part of the brain – doesn’t fully connect until around the mid-20’s) teens are more prone to making poor decisions.
Being Spring Hill motorcycle and car accident lawyers, we know that teen drivers account for a large portion of accidents on our roads and highways and automobile and motorcycle accidents are the leading killer of teens here in the U.S. Of those car wrecks, 40 percent involved alcohol. Those are eye-opening statistics.
Introduced in the Senate in March, 2011, by NY Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, the STANDUP Act would establish minimum federal requirements for state GDL (graduated driver’s license) laws and encourage all states to adopt GDL laws that meet those minimum requirements within 3 years. Senator Gillibrand was inspired to create the legislation because she is a mother.
The bill is steadily making its way through government channels. While its intentions are good, no one knows for sure whether the legislation will ultimately pass. Whatever your stand on the proposed law is, the auto accident and DUI accident lawyers at Lowman Law Firm encourage you to consider statistics about teen driving.