MADD Celebrates 35th Anniversary – “No More Victims” – Adding Drugged Driving to Mission

MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING LOGOThirty-five years after a grieving mother started one of the most influential and effective grassroots movements in history, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) announces its new National President, Colleen Sheehey-Church, the first victim of drugged driving to serve as MADD’s National President, effective January 1, 2015. Sheehey-Church joined MADD in 2005, a year after her 18-year-old son, Dustin, drowned …

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Your Teen Magazine for Parents – Parental Anxiety about Teen Driving

yourteenNew series from Your Teen Magazine for Parents contributors addresses the harrowing and sometimes humorous anxiety that parents experience when their first teenaged child takes to the road in the family car – with a salvo of ideas to stave off nervous breakdowns included.

Although just about every parent can remember with fondness their first drive behind the wheel of …

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Consumer Reports’ Top 2015 Car Picks

CR_2015In its annual Top Picks list, Consumer Reports has crowned four new vehicles—the Buick Regal, Chevrolet Impala, Subaru Legacy, and Toyota Highlander—with the top honor in each of their respective categories. Domestic automakers picked up two new spots.

Consumer Reports’ Top Picks are the best all-around models in their categories; they are chosen from 270 vehicles the organization has recently …

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The Geico Philanthropic Foundation’s Grant Awarded To The Dori Slosberg Foundation

doriThe Dori Slosberg Foundation has been awarded a grant for safe driving programs from The Geico Philanthropic Foundation to continue their mission to create safer drivers, cyclists and pedestrians.

This grant will be used to advance safe teen driving programs and driver education related events across the state of Florida along with many community events. Such programs include the “In …

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USAA’s 2014 Top 10 Cars for Teens

usaaFor a third year, United Services Automobile Association has identified the USAA Preferred vehicles that get top marks in the areas parents have said they care most about — reliability, safety and reasonable insurance costs — to create the 2014 Top 10 for Teens list.

The list identifies the USAA Preferred vehicles, which have all earned Insurance Institute for Highway …

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