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A week before California driver’s licenses will be made available to undocumented immigrants, the Department of Motor Vehicles is getting ready for a traffic jam of applications.
DMV has hired more than 900 new employees to handle the influx of new applicants and will be adding about 100 more in the coming weeks, said DMV spokesman Jaime Garza.
The agency has opened four temporary offices -- none in the Inland area -- and plans to open some offices on Saturdays. The cost to issue driver’s licenses to people in the country illegally is expected to top $140 million over the next three years.
An estimated 1.4 million undocumented immigrants are eligible for the licenses, which have special wording on the front to clarify that “federal limits apply” and a statement on the back that the licenses do not establish eligibility for voting, employment or public benefits. The legislature approved the new licenses last year.
Jan. 2 is the first day that undocumented immigrants can apply for the licenses. In the two and a half weeks after appointments for 2015 were first accepted on Nov. 12, more than twice as many people made appointments for new driver’s licenses as did so during the same time period last year, Garza said.
The procedure and fee to obtain a license is the same for undocumented immigrants as it is for anyone else, except for the type of documentation required, Garza said.
Applicants must pass a written exam and vision test before they legally can practice driving with a licensed driver for a behind-the-wheel test.
Some Inland driving schools already are receiving queries about courses. Leo Glass, co-owner of G & G Driving School in Lake Elsinore, said his business has received about half a dozen calls about classes. He had expected more.
Luz Gallegos, community programs director of TODEC Legal Center in Perris, an immigrant-assistance agency, said even though immigrants are busy studying for the written exam, she predicted that few will need to take driving classes.
“They’ve been driving for years” without a license, she said. “They have the knowledge. People already have been teaching each other.”
Leticia and Adolfo Luna of Perris have been driving since shortly after arriving in the United States from Guadalajara 15 years ago. But they always have to worry about being pulled over for driving without a license.
“Whenever I drive, I always have a lot of fear, especially when I see a police car in the mirror,” Leticia Luna said in Spanish. “I start shaking.”
Luna, 43, said police took away her car three times between 2011 and 2013 because she didn’t have a license. She said that each time she was stopped, it was for a non-existent violation. Luna said she paid a total of $9,000 in fines and storage fees to retrieve her car.
“Now if the police stop me, they won’t take my car,” she said. “It won’t cost me a lot of money.”

Luna said she needs to drive to take her youngest son to school, go grocery shopping and perform other errands. Adolfo Lopez, 46, a musician, said he needs the car to drive to events at which he performs.

The Traffic Department has asked all driving schools to adopt the new colour pattern in three months, it is learnt. The colour will be a combination of orange and white, with an additional shade of maroon in the front and back of the vehicle. To help identify easily, the cars will have roof lights similar to those on the taxis, showing the English letter ‘L’, an internationally accepted symbol for driving school vehicles. Sources from a leading driving school confirmed yesterday that the school had received a circular from the Traffic Department regarding the change. “We have been asked to change the colours of our cars in three months and have started working on that. The new colours have been selected after a study by the Traffic Department with feedback from experts and the public,” a senior official of the school told this daily yesterday. The idea behind uniform colours is to make the cars easily identifiable. Currently, different driving schools are using different colours for their vehicles. Quoting a source from the Traffic Department, local Arabic daily Al Rayah said yesterday that orange had been selected as the dominant colour since it is recognised internationally as the colour representing something temporary. This indicates that the trainees in the cars are not trainees all the time and are supposed to become licensed drivers soon. The change in the colour pattern also aims to raise standards of driving school vehicles to international levels and improve their look and image, said the daily. Though all cars will have uniform colours, they can be distinguished from those belonging to other driving schools by the name and logo of the school inscribed on the doors in a white shade. Cars will also carry a warning with the letter ‘L’ in English and its Arabic equivalent on the back bumper below the number plate. The daily published pictures of a car in the new colours belonging to a leading driving school. Most schools are also preparing to implement the electronic assessment system mandated by the Traffic Department, that will replace manual supervision of driving tests by police.

The Traffic Department has asked all driving schools to adopt the new colour pattern in three months, it is learnt.

The colour will be a combination of orange and white, with an additional shade of maroon in the front and back of the vehicle.

To help identify easily, the cars will have roof lights similar to those on the taxis, showing the English letter ‘L’, an internationally accepted symbol for driving school vehicles.

Sources from a leading driving school confirmed yesterday that the school had received a circular from the Traffic Department regarding the change.

“We have been asked to change the colours of our cars in three months and have started working on that. The new colours have been selected after a study by the Traffic Department with feedback from experts and the public,” a senior official of the school told this daily yesterday.

The idea behind uniform colours is to make the cars easily identifiable. Currently, different driving schools are using different colours for their vehicles.

Quoting a source from the Traffic Department, local Arabic daily Al Rayah said yesterday that orange had been selected as the dominant colour since it is recognised internationally as the colour representing something temporary.

This indicates that the trainees in the cars are not trainees all the time and are supposed to become licensed drivers soon. The change in the colour pattern also aims to raise standards of driving school vehicles to international levels and improve their look and image, said the daily.

Though all cars will have uniform colours, they can be distinguished from those belonging to other driving schools by the name and logo of the school inscribed on the doors in a white shade.

Cars will also carry a warning with the letter ‘L’ in English and its Arabic equivalent on the back bumper below the number plate.

The daily published pictures of a car in the new colours belonging to a leading driving school.

Most schools are also preparing to implement the electronic assessment system mandated  by the Traffic Department, that will replace manual supervision of driving tests by police.

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Jackson UPS driver honored for clean driving record

The rules of the road — so simple in principle yet often so complex in practice.

Don’t speed. Be courteous and mindful of other motorists. Slow down during inclement weather. Easy, right? Maybe.

But try honoring those rules five days a week for 42 years, many of them spent delivering 2,000 packages a day on a route stretching from Jackson to Lexington, Kentucky, and back. That’s what Merriel Torrey has done as a UPS tractor-trailer driver, and the parcel-delivery service recently inducted Torrey into its “Circle of Honor” for driving at least 25 years without an accident.

UPS says Torrey has logged more than 5 million miles, roughly equivalent to driving to the moon and back 10 times, on the job.

Torrey says there’s no magic formula for achieving such a milestone, instead crediting a common-sense approach to getting behind the wheel of such a large vehicle each day. “I just try to keep focused, maintain my equipment, watch out for other drivers.”

He and a co-worker split driving duties in covering 3,000 miles a week across three states. If he isn’t driving, he’s sleeping in the passenger seat. Torrey says he often doesn’t get back into Jackson until the wee hours of the morning. He gets a few more hours’ rest and then begins the trek to Louisville anew.

A lot has changed since Torrey began driving for UPS in 1972. Then, his company truck didn’t have air conditioning, meaning sweltering trips across Mississippi and into Tennessee and Kentucky to deliver packages. I-55 wasn’t fully complete, so Torrey often had to let his tractor-trailer lumber up and down the two-lane U.S. 51 for hours at a time.

Torrey says he’s always on the lookout for other motorists and controls his own driving in accordance. He’s had his share of close calls with motorists swerving or braking suddenly in front of him.

But the biggest challenge he faces in his work is something he can’t control — the weather. He recalls an ice storm in 1978 that blanketed practically every major road in ice “all the way from Memphis to Jackson,” often resulting in just one lane open on those roads.

He mentions more wintry weather from just two weeks ago that slowed traffic on much of Memphis’ roads to a crawl.

He says simply not hurrying yourself is key to enduring such conditions.

“There’s always risk, but you just have to be careful,” he says.

Torrey joins about 7,200 other UPS drivers from throughout the company’s history in the Circle of Honor. He is one of just 42 drivers to be accident-free for at least 40 years.

“Our training and our drivers’ attention to details, such as avoiding distractions while driving, all play a part in their remarkable record,” John McDevitt, UPS’ senior vice president of human resources and labor relations, said in a news release. “The annual expansion of the Circle of Honor is proof that our training works.”

Torrey said he wanted to drive a truck for a living after riding along as a child with his older brothers, who drove trucks. He was fascinated by their work but also loved staring out the windows at the vistas before him. The allure remains, decades later.

“I like the independence, being my own boss. I’m a shy type of person,” he said.

'Distractology 101' Gives Lesson In Dangers Of Texting And Driving

 Dec. 11--AMESBURY -- New Amesbury High School drivers have been learning the dangers of distracted driving firsthand this week, thanks to a 36-foot-long, neon-yellow trailer in the parking lot of the school. It had the added effect of transporting Principal Roy Hamond back in time.

"It was extremely valuable," Hamond said. "Way back in the beginning of my career, I actually taught driver's education and I think what the kids learned is how easily they are distracted. The students are told to take out their own cellphones and told to text as they drive, and they crashed."

The driving-aged students have been going in pairs into the trailer for 45-minute "Distractology 101" classes that were developed by the Arbella Insurance Foundation and brought to Amesbury by Gould Insurance Agency as a proactive measure to help cut down on auto accidents and the insurance claims they create.

"They do enjoy it," Distractology 101 tour manager/trainer Nick Prpich said. "The software is set up so it is more friendly toward teenagers and it is more fun. The are texting and they are driving and get to use their own cellphones. So they experience what it would actually be like to operate in a safe way so they do not get into any accidents."

The students are presented with a driving simulator that provides six virtual reality scenarios with built-in distractions such as the car radio, GPS and talking to passengers. The mobile classroom is equipped with three monitors with front, side and rear views to give the students a realistic driving feeling. Once the scenarios begin to play out, the students are presented with blind driveways, intrusive tractor trailer trucks, darting pedestrians and suddenly-stopping cars.

The results, according to junior Brad Kelleher, are not quite what the students think they will be when they first get behind the virtual steering wheel.

"I walked in there thinking it was probably not going to be too, too hard," Kelleher said. "But when I got into it, it was pretty difficult."

Much to his classmates' delight, Kelleher crashed on numerous occasions.

"There was a two-way lane and a crosswalk," Kelleher said. "And it did not have a stop sign, but there were stopped cars beside me and then the passenger would walk across the street and I didn't see him. So I hit him."

Kelleher wasn't the only student to find himself running into trouble.

"It was fun watching the kids get into it," Hamond said. "Especially when they thought they knew everything and they found they still didn't. So they realized that you really can't predict what is going to happen when you are on the roads. You have to be focused and safer when you are driving on the road."

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Answer woman: School bathroom breaks? Driving with headphones?

You know how some days you're just sifting through a big stack of prison letters and think, "Man, none of these involve high fashion or juvenile shenanigans?"

No? I hadn't either, but will now.

Most journalists have gotten their share of bizarre letters from prison — it's just a thing. But one I opened yesterday was something special.

The letter, from an incarcerated gentlemen with truly lovely handwriting, outlined in detail "his week," which just happened to be the exact plot of an episode of the popular CW teen drama Gossip Girl.

The details are all in first person, but down to the character's names, matched the show exactly.

Anyhow, onward to your similarly perplexing questions, my smart-aleck responses and the real deal.

Question: In talking with my granddaughter the other day, I came across a shocking detail about Asheville schools on an unsavory but important topic: bathroom breaks. I was surprised to learn that high school students still have to get hall passes to relieve themselves, and cannot go to the restroom at will. She said some teachers won't even let them go. Is this legal? Is it an actual policy or just a mean teacher? P.S. I've included my granddaughter's name but I'd rather you not include it.

My answer: Now, some people might call it unsavory when your grandparents send letters to the media with your name attached regarding your pee, but maybe I'm just old-fashioned.

Real answer: The city school system generally leaves this up to schools to decide, but it is totally within a teacher's classroom rights to restrict potty time.

"The procedure for students using the restroom during the school day is generally a school-by-school decision. At the high school level, however, it shouldn't be as much of an issue because students have time in between class periods to use the restroom so that their instructional time is not interrupted," said Cynthia S. Grady, attorney for the Asheville City Schools system.

Permission to use the restroom generally is not denied, she said, but the teacher must be able to control how many students may be gone at any one time and where they are going, and monitor a reasonable time for them to be gone.

"Once students are in class, however, students are expected to ask permission to go to the restroom due to safety and security considerations. Each teacher is expected to be able to account for each of their students at all times."

Question: I see people all the time wearing headphones while they're driving and it just drives me crazy to see. Is this legal? To have earbuds in while driving a car? It seems plain stupid.

My answer: The day we get an effective "plain stupid" ban on the books will be a joyous one.

Real answer: There are certainly caveats in the law about distracted driving, but North Carolina does not have an explicit ban on wearing headphones while driving.

Some states allow only one earbud in and some completely ban it, but most drivers are technically allowed to have a set of earbuds, a bluetooth or over-ear headphones behind the wheel.

The exception is novice drivers and bus drivers, who aren't allowed to use cellphones or even talk on hands-free devices while driving. Once you hit 18 and aren't driving a bus, though, it's fair game.

This is the opinion of Casey Blake. Email your questions to cblake@citizen-times.com.

ADLV Raises Driver Data Security Bar To Support Corporate Fleet Needs

The Association for Driving Licence Verification (ADLV) www.adlv.co.uk is to launch a new package of measures aimed at reinforcing the quality and security of driving licence data for corporate fleet users. The measures will form the first steps towards a new industry standard aimed at ensuring risk free access to licence data once the paper counterpart disappears early in 2015. The new measures are seen as a response to corporate fleet concerns over non-commercial licence checking services which some worry are open to potential misuse and abuse by staff which leaves their employers at risk under current data protection legislation.

As Richard Payne-Gill a Director of the ADLV says, “Data security and avoidance of data fraud are issues requiring sound governance. Corporate HR Directors, Risk Specialists and Fleet Managers must adhere to only the highest standards of Information Security when it comes to their employee’s data. Any serious breach leaves them exposed to the law and potentially affects their reputation as an employer. DVLA is soon to introduce the Share My Driving Licence facility (SMDL) which will allow motorists to share up-to-date information electronically about their driving entitlement. The ADLV has shared its concerns with the DVLA about allowing the driver to produce a PDF version of their record which could easily be manipulated. Further, without training companies may inadvertently accept the document as proof of entitlement to drive not understanding they still need to check further online. Corporate users can avoid this issue by using the services which are already commercially available, these are equipped to deal with employers that need batch services for reasons of organisational efficiency rather than a transactional service, ensuring that their driving licence entitlement is correct and sufficient for their purposes.

“As corporate users cannot accept any risk, especially when it comes to employee data, they have welcomed the professional, independent licence verification services provided initially by members of the DVLA’s EDECS system and more recently the ADLV itself. Where corporate fleet managers only use an ADLV member, it reduces such risks and these new measures will reinforce the quality of the service they deliver. By using the services of an ADLV member, the possibility of someone playing fast and loose with driver licence data is history.

“The package includes a membership roadmap to ISO 27001 compliance and the addition of e-consent for ID Assurance; ensuring an individual’s identity is properly verified before sensitive personal information is accessed.”

The ADLV is currently working on a range of other new standards aimed at effective corporate fleet governance, which are likely to be announced in the first quarter of 2015.

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Note To Editors: About the ADLV (www.adlv.co.uk)
The Association for Driving License Verification has been established to promote and encourage best practice within the industry for the initial and continued validation of driver entitlement for responsible employers and road safety.

The ADLV will both represent and regulate Members organisations in accordance with its rigorous Code of Conduct. 

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Two eyes plus two hands equals $100,000 for Brandon Valley High School.  The school is one of the top ten finishers in a nationwide safe driving awareness campaign sponsored by State Farm.  The school is using much of the winnings to pay it forward.

More than 3,200 schools across the country took part in the contest called Celebrate My Drive.  Their goal was to spread the message of, "Two eyes on the road; two hands on the wheel," by collecting online commitments from friends and family to drive safely.

Brandon Valley High School students embrace safe driving habits with the enthusiasm of a pep rally.  Brandon Valley is one of the top schools in the country that takes teen driving seriously and students now have the six-figure paycheck from State Farm to prove it.

"To give this check for $100,000," State Farm agent Bill Thompson said.

Brandon Valley students helped their cause by producing a lip-dub video urging people to vote for their school.  Their efforts led to more than a quarter-million votes cast online.

"It's exciting, but we're not surprised.  We kind of knew going in that our community would jump on this thing," Brandon Valley High School principal Gregg Talcott said.

The $100,000 came with just one string attached.  10 percent, or $10,000, has to go to a safe driving program.  The school is donating another $10,000 to the local food pantry.  The rest of the money will go to Brandon schools.

"I think it's great.  We'll put it to a lot of good causes as well as having fun.  But I think most importantly, going to the food pantry and the other schools, safe driving, stuff like that.  I think it's all going for a good cause and we really rallied around that," Brandon Valley Student Council President Riley Frantzen said.

Despite all the excitement about winning $100,000, safety-minded students say they won't lose sight of their commitment to keep their hands on the wheel and eyes on the road.

Brandon Valley plans to enter the contest again next year, but the best the school can hope to win is $25,000: still a pretty sizeable chunk of change.  There are rules against a school winning the $100,000 prize two years in a row. 

Minnesota teens rush to drivers schools before Jan. 1 brings stricter rules

Minnesota teenagers are encountering gridlock as they rush to finish behind-the-wheel training before new statewide driver’s license rules requiring more practice time take effect Jan. 1.

Some driving schools are so jammed with appointments that instructors are working seven days a week.

Students who don’t complete training by Dec. 31 will have to follow new state rules that increase the time they must practice driving with a licensed adult by 10 to 20 hours. The adult will have to sign documents saying that the practice was completed.

“There’s definitely a sense of urgency,” said Keelii McCarty-Addy, the driver’s ed program coordinator for St. Paul Public Schools Community Education.

Phones in her office have been ringing incessantly with calls from students trying to schedule appointments with the program’s 10 instructors, and vehicles have been added to handle the demand, she said.

The new requirements are an attempt to reduce fatal car crashes, the leading cause of death for teens, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Last year in Minnesota, there were 12,384 crashes in which a teen 15 to 19 years old was driving. Thirty-eight people died and 8,784 were injured in those accidents, according to the Department of Public Safety.

The new rules will affect thousands of Minnesota teens. Last year more than 58,000 16- and 17-year-olds completed classroom instruction and were eligible to obtain a permit, according to the state.

For now, teens can take their road test six months after completing behind-the-wheel training with a certified instructor and 30 hours of supervised driving with a licensed adult. The adult simply needs to give the examiner their word.

On Jan. 1, the number of practice hours with a licensed adult rises from 30 to 40, and teens will have to submit a written log that documents the dates, number of minutes that were driven and skills that were practiced.

The adult who supervised most of the teen’s practice hours must sign the driving log. Parents also must attend a 90-minute public safety awareness class. If they don’t, the teen must complete an additional 10 hours of supervised driving, for a total of 50.

“That is why I was rushing to get it done,” said St. Paul Highland Park High School sophomore Soua Xiong, who finished his last behind-the-wheel lesson right before Thanksgiving. “That would be adding too much.”

‘We can’t do it all’

The crush hit St. Paul after the district notified parents and guardians of nearly 1,000 students in its drivers education program of the change.

Instructor John Ertz has been giving road lessons on weekdays after school and weeknights, then working eight hours on Saturdays. His Sundays are booked too.

Ertz says he is optimistic that parents won’t see the new requirements as a burden, but as a way to take an active role in their teen’s instruction.

“We can’t do it all in six hours,” said Ertz. “The first year of driving is critical in terms of accidents.”

Chris Claeson, manager of AAA Minneapolis’ driving school, said AAA has long recommended that new drivers get 100 hours of supervised driving. For the past year, AAA has required parents to attend a safety class. The log won’t be new either, she said. “It’s been a part of the culture,” she said.

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Intensive driving courses for members of national service programme Military recruits in Dubai can now have intensive driving lessons to suit their requirements, the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has announced.

The Licensing Agency at the RTA has launched the customised programme in collaboration with the driving institutes and centres across Dubai emirate to enable students enrolled in the national service programme obtain driving licences in a short time.

"The RTA is keen to provide a variety of programmes that serve all community segments, especially the youth. We have high regard for students affiliated to the national service programme for undertaking military service and exhibiting values of loyalty, belonging and sacrifice to their nation. We perceived the importance of easing the procedure of obtaining driver licences for recruits whose age make them eligible to hold such a licence," said Ahmad Behroozian, CEO of RTA's Licensing Agency.
Explaining the programmes, he said driving schools are offering eight training sessions on weekends, with at least a one-hour break after each four training sessions.

"Students willing to avail of the programme should produce their military ID cards or national service cards as proof when submitting their driving licence applications," said Behroozian.

Campaign to check underage driving in Rajasthan

Jaipur traffic police has penalised 664 traffic violators, many of them young students, in a nine-day special campaign to check under-age driving.

The campaign was run from November 10 to 18 at 20 places in the city and the locations were near the city schools where several minors were found driving vehicles.

"A total of 664 persons were penalised in the special campaign, in which 288 were two-wheeler drivers including students," DCP Traffic Haidar Ali Zaidi said.

He informed that the special campaign was run with an aim to check the traffic rules violations, especially driving by minors, in the city and additional police staff was provided to senior officers for the purpose.

"Driving by minors is a matter of concern so the special campaign was focused on them particularly. Along with this, other people violating traffic rules were also penalised," he said.

Zaidi said that special activities for awareness for students were also being run by the traffic department.

Drivers of 22 cars, 244 auto-rickshaws and 69 loading vehicles were also penalised in the campaign, he informed.

Sanjeev Sankhla, a motor driving expert, said that minors aged 13-14 years can be seen driving vehicles to schools which was a dangerous trend.

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So You Thought You Could Drive…in Germany

IF YOU’RE AN American planning to live in Germany and hoping to let loose on the autobahn—where, more often than not, the speed limit is a car’s horsepower—you’d better come from the right state.
A total of 28 U.S. states get the thumbs-up in Germany when it comes to obtaining a German license. All of them—including Texas and Illinois—have reciprocal agreements with Germany’s transport ministry and the country’s 16 state governments.
But for those states that don’t, German authorities make what can appear as somewhat arbitrary judgments on drivers’ skills. If you come from a state where, in the view of German authorities, Americans aren’t used to daily congestion or don’t learn to conduct a car safely under German-like weather conditions—you’ll find yourself back in driving school.
“We have to make sure the holder of a foreign driver’s license is capable of steering a vehicle under German traffic conditions,” Germany’s transport ministry says. “Besides, German owners of a driver’s license must get granted the same treatment abroad.”

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Those from 11 U.S. states, including Florida or Connecticut, are exempted from the road test but must sit a theory test to get a German license.
Those with licenses from the remaining states—among them New York—will be headed to driving school, where they must pass a theory and a practical test.
The theory test can be done in English. But that’s where the good news stops. Schools advise booking at least four practical lessons before taking the driving test. And with costs for both tests together totaling about €500 (about $640), not to mention other requirements such as providing an eyesight certificate and taking a first-aid course, earning a pass to the autobahn isn’t cheap, fast or easy.

They find it a bit humiliating to have to go back to school after driving a car for 15 years or so. —Andreas Winter, driving-school administrator

About 29% of all applicants, including German residents, failed the theory exam in 2013 and 26% didn’t pass the practical exam, according to government figures.
The Fahrschule Berlin Prenzlauer Berg, a driving school specializing in preparing English-speakers for the German test, has about 100 pupils a year who take the theory or driving lessons, and about 30% of them come from the U.S.
“They find it a bit humiliating to have to go back to school after driving a car for 15 years or so,” said Andreas Winter, an administrator at the school. “But we don’t make the rules.”
Dmitri Katz got his driver’s license in California in 1989 and moved to Germany in 2002. He says that although cars in both countries drive on the right, driving in Germany is very different from what he was used to.
“In California, you talk defensive driving. You always assume that the other person will not follow the rules and you drive to be safe,” said Mr. Katz. “In Germany, you drive according to who has right of way and if you hesitate, you cause accidents. It was a very hard thing for me to take the right of way without being sure that the other person was slowing down.”
Another surprise awaits you on the road: Cars are sacrosanct in Germany. “Germans are very sensitive to any damage to their cars, so be sure to avoid bumping them,” the U.S. consulate in Germany warns on its website. Parking in a tight spot is no excuse for touching the next car’s bumper.

Once you have the license to hit the highway, brace yourself for speed. Americans are used to a limit of around 70 to 75 miles an hour (112 to 120 kilometers an hour). Big stretches of German highways, by contrast, have no speed limit. It isn’t unusual for Germans in supercharged Porsches, BMWs or Audis, to drive at 100 miles or more and switch lanes fast. Laggards languishing in the left lane can expect some rude honking from more hurried drivers.

Summit engages teens in planning safe driving campaign

In an effort to encourage safe driving among teens, the Wood County Teen Driving Coalition has enlisted the help of its target market — high school students.
Students from Marshfield, Nekoosa, Pittsville, Port Edwards and Wisconsin Rapids gathered in Pittsville on Wednesday for the Wood County Teen Driving Summit, where they learned the tools to develop safe driving initiatives at their own schools in April.
The summit was planned after the Wood County Child Death Review Team reviewed several teen driving fatalities in the past few years, said Tyler Zastava of the county health department, who leads the team and helped organize the summit.
The most significant problem in Wood County that results in teen car crashes, according to Lincoln High School resource officer David Bailey, is texting and driving.
"Texting is the biggest distraction because they're looking away from the road," he said. Drivers using cellphones easily can lose track of their speed, and distractions combined with increased speed put them at risk for crashes.
Statistics surrounding unsafe driving habits were surprising to students. Molly Hannigan, a freshman from John Edwards High School in Port Edwards, said she learned that distracted driving causes a crash every 24 seconds.
"In the five seconds it takes to check a text, distracted drivers can travel the length of a football field," said JordynSchraeder, a John Edwards senior. "It puts in perspective how far you can go in so little time and how much damage you can do in so little time."
Students who attended the seminar will return to their schools with statistics, knowledge about evidence-based safe driving programs and information about evaluating efforts to make their own plans for making the roads safer.
The school initiatives address many of the factors that contribute to teen traffic crashes and fatalities, including distracted driving, seat belt use, speeding or recklessness or impaired driving. School-based programs last year focused on distracted driving, but Zastava said she wants students to develop something they think will work at their schools.
"We wanted to equip teens to make effective, impactful, sustainable programs at their schools," she said.
Students at East Junior High in Wisconsin Rapids said they plan to address seat belt use, distracted driving, speeding and intoxicated driving and evaluate the results using polls to determine whether students had adopted or encouraged safer practices while riding in cars. Their program will incorporate speakers, driving simulations for students who will soon obtain temporary driver's licenses, a safe driving pledge and mock tickets for students engaged in distracted behaviors such as texting while walking in the hallway.

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Siouxland school gets $25,000 for commitment to safe driving

After several teenage driving fatalities in the area last year, one Siouxland school rallied to help their community drive a little safer.
Students at OA-BCIG High School in Ida Grove, Iowa, got a big reward for their months of work to the tune of 25 thousand dollars.
"It was good to kind of get a group of kids together and show some leadership. They all tagged in too, so it was good to work together as a group," Cash Wilcke, OA-BCIG Senior said.
The school received a $25,000 grant check for participation in the State Farm Celebrate My Drive Program.
OA-BCIG collected about 30,000 pledges from community members to focus on safer driving when behind the wheel, outperforming more than three thousand schools across the country.
"The whole purpose of it is so that teens drive safely, and that's been a big issue here in this area. There were a couple accidents that we had," Stephanie Maass, OA-BCIG Senior said.
Just three months ago, two teenage girls from a neighboring high school were killed on a gravel road in an accident caused by an intoxicated 17-year old.
Ida Grove's local State Farm agent Adam Henderson says he hopes the program has at least made drivers in the area think about safe choices when they're behind the wheel.
"Sitting on the other end of the chair when there's a tragic accident is the worst part of being an insurance agent. Ultimately, when people make that personal decision to drive safe, less of those conversations have to happen," Adam Henderson, Local State Farm Agent said.
Focusing on safe driving is always important, but after tragic traffic fatalities affected this community within the last year, Principal Patrick Miller said he knew they needed to participate.
"I think it made them think about the things and the people that had been lost recently in the area, and I know there were a lot of people who were very close friends with some of those kids that have died in accidents," Miller said.
As far as the grant money, some will go to the school's driver's ed program.
Miller says another portion will go to the fine arts program.
"It's wonderful. It's going to allow us to do some things that we wouldn't otherwise be able to do, and it's a great tribute to what the kids did," Miller said.

Schools remember teen killed in crash while driving without permit

Grief counselors arrived at two Costa Mesa high schools Monday to help students cope with the death of a former classmate over the Thanksgiving holiday.
Jacob Pacheco, 16, of Costa Mesa died early Wednesday when the BMW he was driving slammed into a tree across from Estancia High School and caught fire.
Jacob did not have a driver's license or learner's permit, according to the California Department of Motor Vehicles.
A 17-year-old passenger in the car suffered a broken jaw in the crash, authorities said. The passenger is an Estancia student, according to Principal Kirk Bauermeister.
Police are investigating the wreck but said Jacob was driving at high speed along Placentia Avenue when the car swerved out of control shortly after midnight.
Jacob attended Estancia before transferring to Back Bay High School, a continuation school, in December 2013, school officials said.
"He had a lot of friends when he came here," Back Bay Principal Deborah Davis said.
He left Back Bay in mid-April, Davis said.
From there, the district referred him to an alternative education program run by the county, according to Newport-Mesa Unified School District spokeswoman Laura Boss.
Davis said that in the short time that Jacob attended Back Bay, she got to know him as outgoing with a great personality and an aptitude for English, especially writing.

"It's so sad for such a young man," Davis said. "All of these accidents that take the lives of these kids, it's such a tragedy."

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