Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Dearborn legislator Rep. George Darany supported the legislation.
A new Michigan law prohibits teen drivers from using a cell phone while driving a car. According to MichiganVotes.org, Senate Bill 756 applies to any driver with a temporary drivers permit or a level 1 or 2 graduated license—meaning any driver under the age of 17. The law, building on current texting and driving laws, makes it a civil infraction for a teen to use a hands-on cell phone. Dubbed "Kelsey's Law, the legislation is named for a 17-year-old Sault Ste. Marie girl who died in a car crash in 2010 while she was using her cell phone. Snyder signed the bill into law Tuesday, according to the Detroit News. The law passed 74-33 in the House of Representatives and 28-10 in the Senate. Dearborn Rep. George Darany supported the legislation, …
Monday, October 1, 2012
High school students are learning that when they are driving, texting can be just as dangerous as drinking.
Does your teen son or daughter text and drive? Do his or her friends? According to a survey from AT&T: Educators are starting to target distracted driving—including texting and driving—just like drinking and driving in their safety messages to local students. The problem, they say, is that many students don't connect texting and driving as a dangerous combination. Dearborn students join the message In Dearborn, the Safe Mature and Responsible Teen Summer Driving Campaign stands as an annual reminder to local teens to make good decisions while driving—during warm weather and beyond. County, state and local officials join together in their message to Dearborn teens, summed up by Wayne County Sheriff Benny Napoleon: "Don't drive distracted." …
Friday, March 16, 2012
Senate-passed bill would affect new motorists with graduated licenses.
Cellphones and the youngest drivers don't go together safely, a majority of Michigan senators believe. Under a proposal that passed the Senate by a 28-10 vote Thursday, teens with Level 1 or 2 graduated licenses could be ticketed and fined for driving while chatting on a phone – even in hands-free mode. The bill now goes to the state House. Backers want to reduce risky distractions among newcomers behind the wheel. Some senators voted against the measure because they favor a broader crackdown, the Associated Press reports. The legislation is called "Kelsey's Law" in memory of a Sault Ste. Marie 17-year-old who had a fatal crash while talking on her phone in 2010. Teens with Level 3 licenses, typically issued to 17-year-olds, would be …
Concerned Parent
6:16 am on Thursday, January 10, 2013
I would disagree with you also on the If you can not use common sense it is time to pass a law. That mentality is why people's rights are being taken away. Especially when it comes to parenting your child. Parents use to be able to punish their child in a way that they seen fit as long as they did not beat the child to death. Now if you slap a kids hand you can go to jail. I am not for beating a … more ›