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Visits to Intensive Care Unit and Morgue May Boost Teens’ Driver Education

Teens who took a supplemental drivers’ education program โ€” including tours of emergency rooms, intensive care units and a morgue โ€” showed greater awareness of the consequences of risky driving and of how they can avoid dangers, a Baylor University …

North Carolina Insurance Head Urges Lawmakers Not to Cut Driver’s Ed Funding

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin has spoken out against a proposal by state lawmakers to eliminate funding for driver education through public high schools as a way to help close a deficit in the state budget. The proposal was …

Revamped Florida Driving Test Resulting in High Number of Failures

Officials for the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles are re-examining some test questions as more Floridians are failing the revamped written driver’s license test. Three out of every five have flunked through the first six months of …

Motorcycle Safety Bill Proposed in Illinois

An Illinois lawmaker wants motorcycle safety to be a formal part of driver’s education courses. The proposal by Republican Rep. Tom Bennett of Gibson City would amend the driver’s education act in the Illinois School Code to require that all …