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Vote for STANDUP!

The website "The Consumerist" has a poll asking "Should teen licensing laws be made standard nationwide?"

 
We also encourage you to leave a positive comment in response to the brief article about the STANDUP Act. 
 
 
STANDUP ACT UPDATE
May 10, 2010
 
Senator Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD) becomes a co-sponsor of the STANDUP Act, S. 3269

On Friday, Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD) added his name as a co-sponsor of S. 3269, the Safe Teen And Novice Driver Uniform Protection Act.  Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced the bill on April 28 with Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-CT) and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) as original co-sponsors.
 
Thank you, Sen. Cardin, for your support of legislation that will save lives in Maryland and across the U.S.!

Do you live in Maryland?  Please send an email to Senator Cardin thanking him for his co-sponsorship of S. 3269.  Click here to send a thank you message.
 

National media on teen driving
Last week the topic of teen driving received attention from the national media.
 
USA Today ran an article on the introduction of the STANDUP Act in the U.S. Senate.  Click here to read the article and see additional resources.
 
Many media outlets covered a newly-released study by the Texas Transoporation Institute that further confirmed the risks to teen drivers of driving at night.  Click here to read the article in the Washington Post. 
 

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Have YOU taken action yet?
 
Thank you for supporting the STANDUP Act and the Saferoads4teens Coalition!
 
The Safe Teen And Novice Driver Uniform Protection (STANDUP) Act is federal legislation that would compel states to strengthen their laws for novice teen drivers, often called Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) laws.

For more information, please contact Jenny Cheek at 202-408-1711 (ext. 15) or at jcheek@saferoads.org. 

Check out the Saferoads4teens website at www.saferoads4teens.org.