You've Spoken on New Teen Driver Rules
Patch users support the new regs aimed at teen driving safety
Gov. Tom Corbett (R) on Tuesday signed House Bill 9, also known as "Lacey's Law," intended to make teen driving safer. Patch launched a poll Oct.1 on our Lehigh Valley sites asking what users think of the new regulations, which include: We asked, "What do you think of Pennsylvania's new rules for teen drivers?" Here how you voted in our unscientific poll: Total votes: 179 Two Patch readers contacted us objecting to the third answer choice. They noted that there is a helmet law for teen motorcycle riders and that the debate on adult helmet laws is irrelevant to teen driver safety. Got more to say? Add it on our comments section below.
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Don O'Leary
3:34 pm on Friday, October 28, 2011
While I agree with Terri about parenting, I also realize that the reality is that most parents today do not have the skills to be parents. I have been an EMT in this area for the past 15 years and since the laws regarding teenage driving have been place the number of young bodies that I have had to pull out of cars has gone down. The number of injuries has also gone down. From my viewpoint, … more ›