Minnesotans for Safe Driving
 

CELL PHONES AND TEEN DRIVERS

As of January 1, 2006 any teen driver with a Instructional Permit or a Provisional Licensed Driver will not be allowed to talk on a cell phone or mobile phone while driving, except if the call is for an emergency, even if the driver is using a hands free device. For the Instructional Permit holder, a conviction for this offense extends for six months from the date of the conviction the ability to test for a provisional license. For a Provisional License holder, if the incident was crash related or the driver has a previous moving violation, it extends the ability to apply for an “under 21 year license, or a full license” for one year or until they are 18. Since a ticket will be given a fine up to $100 can be received for this violation.

What happens if you drink and drive - and you are only 20 years old?

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It could be you - It could be your friend - It could be your child
It matters

Adam Zick of Marshal, Minnesota, lost his life in a distracted driving accident when he was just sixteen. Adam was wearing his seatbelt and there were no drugs or alcohol involved.

When you are behind the wheel, pay full attention to the job of driving.
Adam Zick

7 year old Jenny
was killed on
Christmas Eve by
a Teen Driver
Things To Make
You Think !

Two-year-old Ryan Anderson was killed by a 17-year-old snowmobiler who had been drinking.

  •  Do not provide alcohol to minors

  • Stay on marked trails

  • If you hit something, check it out!

Graduated Driver License System Passed in Minnesota

Minnesotans For Safe Driving’s main legislative initiative finally passed the Legislature after 6 years of trying. This law will become effective August 1, 2008. A newly licensed driver ages 16 and 17 will have some restrictions to their driving for the first year of driving on their provisional license. During the first six months the new licensee cannot operate a vehicle carrying more than one passenger under age 20 who is not a member of their immediate family. That increases to three passengers for the second 6 months.

Also during the first six months of provisional licensure, a person under age 18 is prohibited from driving between midnight and 5 a.m., except when the driver is driving due to a job; or the driver is accompanied by a licensed driver or state identification card holder who is at least age 25. (for more information about Graduated Driver License, go to our legislative section and click on Graduated Driver License)

Minnesotans For Safe Driving would like to thank the two authors of this bill, Sen. Steve Murphy (DFL-Red Wing) and Rep. Kim Norton (DFL –Rochester). We would also like to thank Rep. Frank Hornstein (DFL-Mpls) and Rep. Melissa Hortman (DFL-Brooklyn Park) for all of their support on making sure that this bill made it through committee and the floor.

Also passing the legislature was a bill to make illegal for anyone to TEXT MESSAGE when their vehicle is in motion or a part of traffic. Effective August 1, 2008

 

Graduated Drivers License

Graduated licensing is a system for phasing in on-road driving, allowing beginners to get their initial experience under conditions that involve lower risk and introducing them in stages to more complex driving situations. Essentially an apprentice system - graduated licensing - involves three stages: (1) a supervised learner's period, lasting a minimum of six months in optimal systems; (2) an intermediate licensing phase that permits unsupervised driving in less risky situations, and (3) finally a full privilege license becomes available when conditions of the first two stages
have been met.

Mary Ellen Stanway;
One day, a happy wife and mother of a little girl, antixcipating the birth of a son. The next day; a reckless driver took her away from us all.
Night Time Driving

In the past 10 years in Minnesota, approximately 15% of vehicle crashes involving 16-year-old drivers happened between 9:00 p.m. and midnight, and approximately 3% of crashes happened between Midnight and 5:00 a.m.

Minnesotans for Safe Driving
8700 West 36th Street, Suite 1E • St. Louis Park, MN 55426
email: info@mnsafedriving.com
Office (952) 238-0970
Fax (952) 238-0720
Toll Free 1-877-870-7466

 

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