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THIRD READING
Bill No: SCR 60
Author: DeSaulnier (D)
Amended: As introduced
Vote: 21
SUBJECT : California Teen Safe Driving Week
SOURCE : California Association of Highway Patrolmen
DIGEST : This resolution declares the first week of April
2012 and that week every year thereafter, be declared as
California Teen Safe Driving Week to correspond with the
National Distracted Driving Awareness Month. The state
will observe the week with appropriate activities that
promote the practice of safe driving among teenage drivers.
ANALYSIS :
Resolution findings:
1. Law enforcement and other first responders, teachers,
parents, and friends are all deeply impacted by the loss
of teens from motor vehicle crashes on California's
roadways.
2. Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for
teens in the United States accounting for more than one
in three deaths.
3. Per mile driven, teen drivers 16 to 19 years of age are
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four times more likely to crash than older drivers.
4. In 2009, more than 3,000 teens in the United States 15
to 19 years of age were killed and more than 350,000
were treated in emergency departments for injuries
suffered in motor vehicle crashes.
5. Seventy-seven percent of the 16-year-old drivers killed
in motor vehicle crashes in California were at fault.
4. Seventy-five percent of all fatal teen collisions are
caused by reckless and distracted driving and about 25
percent of the fatalities involve alcohol and drugs.
5. Despite the fact that California has the highest rate of
seatbelt usage in the nation, 37 percent of the
16-year-old passengers who died in motor vehicle crashes
in California were not wearing seatbelts.
6. Approximately two-thirds of the deaths of teen
passengers 13 to 19 years of age occur when other teens
are driving.
7. One in three teen drivers is involved in motor vehicle
crashes during their first year of driving.
8. There is no in-car driver training in California's high
schools and although driver's education is required in
California's public school curriculum, only about
one-third of the high schools actually offer it due to
budget and staff limitations.
9. A 16-year-old soccer player has had about 1,500 hours of
coached soccer practice, but only 50 hours of driving
practice before getting his/her license.
10.A manicurist is required to have 400 supervised hours of
training in order to get a license, but a teen driver
needs only six hours of behind-the-wheel driving
experience supervised by a professional.
11.It is necessary to raise awareness; reach teens,
parents, and teachers; and influence change in risky
driving behavior in order to reduce the number of teens
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killed on California's roadways each year.
This resolution declares that the first week of April 2012,
and that week every year thereafter, be declared
"California Teen Safe Driving Week" to correspond with the
National Distracted Driving Awareness Month.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: Yes
SUPPORT : (Verified 1/30/12)
California Association of Highway Patrolmen (source)
CTW:do 2/1/12 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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