FATAL CRASHES BELIE FIGURES DESPITE LATEST TOLL, 16-YEAR-OLDS' DEATHS DOWN.Byline: Orith Goldberg Staff Writer Despite two high-speed crashes that recently claimed the lives of four teens Four Teens is a Barbershop quartet that won the 1952 SPEBSQSA international competition. Preceded by Schmitt Brothers SPEBSQSA International Quartet Champions 1952 Succeeded by Vikings locally, authorities said Monday that the number of fatal and injury wrecks involving young drivers has declined. The California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. reported that fatal and injury collisions involving 16-year-olds - the age at which drivers can first get a license - fell from 4,130 in 1998 to 3,159 in 2000. By comparison, 19-year-olds were at fault in 5,857 collisions in 1998 but 7,207 collisions in 2000. Authorities attributed much of the decline in new drivers to a 1999 law that prohibits them from being behind the wheel between midnight and 5 a.m. without a licensed adult in the car. Teens also are heeding warnings given in driver's education The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. classes and on school campuses, and simply taking more responsibility for their actions, authorities said. ``I think the burden lies on the individual. The parents have a big part, but they can only do so much,'' said Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County sheriff's Deputy Mike Shapiro. But he acknowledged that teens often have a feeling of immortality, which can make them careless when they get behind the wheel. ``Kids today are a lot more responsible,'' he said, ``but there are still some who believe they are invincible.'' And sheriff's traffic investigator Mark Slater said teens might seek excitement by pushing the speed limit without having the driving experience to handle the car. ``It could be peer pressure, Let's see Let's See was a Canadian television series broadcast on CBC Television between September 6, 1952 to July 4, 1953. The segment, which had a running time of 15 minutes, was a puppet show with a character named Uncle Chichimus (voice of John Conway), which presented each what you can really do, or showing off by the driver himself,'' Slater said. Authorities said speed and inexperience were factors in both of the recent crashes that claimed the lives of four teens. Robert Smith Robert Smith, Bob Smith or Bobby Smith may refer to: Business
The Ford Mustang is an automobile produced by the Ford Motor Company, originally based on the Ford Falcon compact.[1] crashed into a retaining wall along Bouquet Canyon Road in Santa Clarita, killing himself and his passenger, Sheldon Bell. And on Dec. 28, Kenneth Glass and his front-seat passenger, Jordan Bass, were killed when their car - traveling 106 mph - hit a cinder cin·der n. 1. a. A burned or partly burned substance, such as coal, that is not reduced to ashes but is incapable of further combustion. b. A partly charred substance that can burn further but without flame. block wall in Westlake Village. Two other teens were seriously hurt in that crash, including Joshua Kuai. His father said parents need to be very aware of what their kids are up to. ``I don't think law enforcement can do anything,'' he said. ``I think parents need to be a little less complacent.'' CAPTION(S): chart Chart: YOUNG TRAFFIC FATALITIES SOURCE: California Highway Patrol Dan DeLorenzo/Staff Artist |
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