Task Force Makes Recommendations To Curb Teenage Driving Accidents
A story in The New York Times illustrates that no one is sheltered from the tragedies and near tragedies of life. New Jersey’s Governor, Jon S. Corzine, shared with his safety task force, and at a news conference, how his family has been personally touched by teenage New York traffic accidents, indicating that all three of his children, at one point or another, had been a traffic statistic - one having been seriously injured. Governor Corzine commented, “The numbers are real, and they were in my household.”
In fact, while discussing new and more comprehensive legislation regarding teenaged drivers, Governor Corzine embraced his task forces’ recommendations to improve safety for teenage drivers in New Jersey. Governor Corzine remarked, “This is one of the good moments when it’s great to be involved with government.”
The task force, in its 54 page report to the Governor, made several recommendations, including the possibility of creating a brightly colored decal to be placed on the cars of teenage drivers that would not only help enforcement of the traffic laws by the police, but would also alert other drivers to exercise more caution in the presence of these new drivers. This suggestion will require not only new legislation but an investigation into the costs, details and safeguards of such a program.
The task force identified 47 recommendations they suggest be legislated and implemented for those drivers age 16-20 years of age.
All drivers on the roads and highways of our country owe a duty to other drivers to operate their vehicles with reasonable care so that others are not injured because of their negligence. If you, a friend, or a family member, have been seriously injured because of another driver’s negligence, please call the law firm of Wingate, Russotti & Shapiro, LLP for a free consultation.
Stavros Sitinas, a partner in the law firm of Wingate, Russotti & Shapiro, LLP obtained a $2.8 million settlement during trial for our client who was involved in a 3 car accident.
