School is back in session and the yellow buses and the carpool drivers are back on the road! We all need to remember SAFETY FIRST while driving. There are likely new drivers on the road headed to high school and we must be aware that these drivers are not as experienced as others. These inexperienced drivers are often in a hurry to get to school. They might be texting or talking on their phones, or listening to music and not paying attention. If you have a teen driver, now is an especially good time to remind them about additional traffic since schools are back in session. It only takes a second for a child to dart out from a bus, a person to reach down on the floor board to grab a cell phone, or look away to change a radio station and all of a sudden there is an auto accident. Be a defensive driver and focus on the road and the cars around you. The Georgia Assembly passed a bill in June of 2010 “to prohibit persons 18 years of age or younger from using wireless telecommunications devices for sending or receiving text messages while operating a motor vehicle.” The following link provides all the details of the Bill:
Please enforce this law with your teen driver to protect him/her and other people on the road.
Additionally, please be careful with passengers in your own vehicle. A new Georgia Law was put in place on July 1, 2011 that requires all "children under the age of 8 to be properly restrained in an appropriate child passenger safety seat or booster seat." Make sure you are following the most current Georgia State Laws to protect yourself, your passengers and other drivers. No one wants to be part of a serious accident "SAFETY FIRST" and be careful on our roads as school is back in session.
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