Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Since the 1990s, young people have generally been less likely to start driving as teenagers than in previous decades. [7] In 2018, 61% of 18-year-olds and 25% of 16-year-olds in the US had drivers licenses, a decline from 80% and 46%, respectively, in 1983. [7]
In the US, most of the laws and penalties were greatly enhanced starting in the late 1970s, and through the 1990s, largely due to pressure from groups like Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) and Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) and activists like Candy Lightner whose 13-year-old daughter Cari was killed by a drunk driver. Zero ...
The laws regulating driving (or "distracted driving") may be subject to primary enforcement or secondary enforcement by state, county or local authorities. [1]All state-level cell phone use laws in the United States are of the "primary enforcement" type — meaning an officer may cite a driver for using a hand-held cell phone without any other traffic offense having taken place — except in ...
In 2022, nearly 600 people in Wisconsin died in car crashes, with about 30% of those crashes involving people driving above the legal alcohol limit, the National Highway Traffic Safety ...
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
The minimum possible age to obtain a full licence, without any supervision or conditions, is 17½ years if a driver completes an advanced driving course. [189] Without an advanced driving course, the minimum age is 18, the same as a heavy vehicle licence. [190] Northern Mariana Islands (American territory) 15½ years [191] Papua New Guinea: 18 ...
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us