In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s pivotal speech on race relations, The Great Courses has made available a lecture that will help provide insight into this historic event.
Remembering Dr. King's "Dream" 50 Years Later
Graduated Driver Licensing
The statistics are staggering: texting while driving has become a major cause of automobile collisions throughout this nation and young people tend to be the victims of these motor vehicle crashes. As a result of texting, there will be 1,600,000 motor vehicle crashes this year (National Safety Counsel) and 11 teens will die each day (Ins. Institute for Hwy. Safety Fatality Facts). A driver who is texting is six (6) times more likely to cause a crash than an intoxicated driver (National Hwy. Transportation Safety Admin.) and texting is the number one (1) driving distraction reported by teen drivers. A texting driver is 23 times more likely to be involved in a motor vehicle crash and in any one moment there are 800,000 drivers on the United States highways that are texting. (National Hwy. Transportation Safety Admin.)The victims of car crashes tend to be young people. Car crashes are the number one cause of death for Americans ages 1 to 34 years, with teenage drivers crashing four(4) times more often than any other age group. Is there an answer? One option which has been considered by many states, is Graduated Driver Licensing legislation. Currently, a teen driver can obtain a permit at age 16 and a driver's license at age 16 1/2, At age 17, a Pennsylvania teen can secure full driving privileges.