a healthier future. The state does grant waivers for teens needing to get to work or school activities during restricted times. Teens driving to work are less likely to have young passengers causing all kinds of distractions riding with them. Parents enjoy this program because it gives them piece of mind that their aggressive driving teen will not be on the road during high risk hours. Parents also enjoy not having to fight with their teen over when to have the car in because the state sets the curfew and it is the law. There are always the parents though, who do not care and cannot wait to stop chauffeuring around their teens so they lie by signing papers stating that their teen has completed the minimum amount of supervised hours in a car. States that participate in programs such as this have found that the benefits exceedingly outweigh all cost. One state that has seen drastic improvements is Oregon. “In Oregon, administrative cost were estimated at $150 thousand and the benefits were estimated at almost $11 million making the benefit to cost ratio better than 74 to 1”(nhsta).“License to Learn” is another similar program that is advocated by AAA. License to learn also uses three stages. Teens can be issued a learner’s permit after passing a vision and a knowledge test. Once the teen has received the permit, driving is legal if accompanied by someone of at least 21 years of age and can not carry any other teens as passengers. The teen would be limited to daytime driving only as well as take a driver education class. Parents are required to be a part of and even give some of the training. If the teen completes six months without a violation or accident then the teen is eligible for an intermediate license. The teen then would be allowed to drive at night with supervision of someone age 21 or over and an advanced driving course must be taken. Again, parents would be expected to help with some participa...
