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New Year's Eve is one of the deadliest days for teen crashes. That's why the teens who lead the Keep the Drive movement staged a protest in Chicago Chicago, city, United States
Chicago (shĭkä`gō, shĭkô`gō), city (1990 pop. 2,783,726), seat of Cook co., NE Ill., on Lake Michigan; inc. 1837.
 against the No. 1 killer killer Vox populi A person or thing that kills, in fact or figuratively. See Internet serial killer, Self-killer, Serial killer, Silent killer.  of teens: car accidents. Before hitting the streets, the kids met to talk about the perils of unsafe driving. We met Ben, 17, who found out that morning a friend was killed by a drunk driver. And Hillary, 15, talked about the devastation of losing her grandpa on Christmas Christmas [Christ's Mass], in the Christian calendar, feast of the nativity of Jesus, celebrated in Roman Catholic and Protestant Churches on Dec. 25. In liturgical importance it ranks after Easter, Pentecost, and Epiphany (Jan. 6).  Eve by kids who were racing. These are just two of many incidents of reckless driving reckless driving n. operation of an automobile in a dangerous manner under the circumstances, including speeding (or going too fast for the conditions, even though within the posted speed limit), driving after drinking (but not drunk), having too many passengers in  that end in tragedy. Go to keepthedrive.com to learn more.
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Title Annotation:Short Stuff
Publication:Girls' Life
Date:Dec 1, 2006
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