Montco Teen Driver Deaths Are Down Due to New State Laws
Reports says PA law changes made in 2012 are helping.
While accidents are up, changes to the state's driving laws seem to be improving the loss of teens' lives with stricter rules about passenger limitations and expanded training hours for teen drivers. "While overall highway deaths increased in Pennsylvania last year, teen driver fatalities decreased during what was the first full year of a tougher state law," said an article in the Times Herald. According to the article, Pennsylvania’s 16- and 17-year-old driver fatalities "dropped to 44 last year, 22 fewer than in 2011, according to crash data released by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation." In Montgomery County, 44 people died in crashes last year. There were 8,397 crashes reported in Montgomery County during 2012, according …
Mike
9:25 am on Tuesday, April 9, 2013
The law is EASY to prove. You are driving along texting, you kill someone. The police get a search warrent. They then prove you were texting while driving. In order to make Homicide by vehicle stick you need someone to die and a traffic violation. texting is the violation. You then do 3 to 6 years in the State Penn. Gee it is fun as you think you are getting away with something, until the … more ›