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News Release
Date:
March 19, 2008
Contact:
Nancy Heck
(317) 571-2494
Release:
Immediate
Judge Felix Announces Program
To Prevent Youth Driving Accidents
Carmel, Ind. -
Carmel City Court Judge Paul Felix announced
today a new program designed to educate young drivers about
the dangers of being behind the wheel. The program, entitled
Youth Drive Aware!, is set to be a monthly discussion group
between young drivers, their parents, and other community
members who have witnessed the often devastating effects of
automobile accidents. The first program is scheduled for
Wednesday, April 2nd at 5:30 p.m. and will take place at
Carmel City Court on the second floor of City Hall, One
Civic Square. Subsequent sessions will be held at 5:30 p.m.
on Wednesday, April 30th, May 28th and July 2nd. All
sessions will take place at Carmel City Court.
Youth Drive Aware! was born out of a need to emphasize to
young drivers the great responsibility each of them bears
every time one of them gets behind the wheel. Judge Felix
discusses this issue with young drivers in his court, and
uses referrals to driver improvement courses as a method to
reduce accidents, but recognized a need to provide more
targeted information to Hamilton County youth.
“It is my hope, that by attending these sessions, kids will
understand the consequences of their driving decisions.
Choosing to speed through an intersection to run a light
could have a horrible and immediate impact on their lives,
their parents’ lives, and the lives of other passengers and
drivers in our community,” Judge Felix said.
Judge Felix realizes that statistics do not truly reveal the
magnitude of dangerous driving to young drivers. To ensure
the Youth Drive Aware! program is effective, Judge Felix has
secured trauma physicians, accident investigators, police
officers, and victims of youth driving accidents willing to
participate in this monthly program. Young drivers should
especially relate to Brandon Robinson, an inmate in the
Hamilton County Jail, who will discuss the choices he made
as the driver of a car responsible for an accident in which
many people lost their lives and how this affected his life
and others.
Carmel Police Chief Fogarty said "I am most supportive of
Judge Felix's new program, in that these young people will
be exposed to the real-life consequences of poor driving
judgment. Young drivers need to understand the serious and
sometimes tragic results of inappropriate driving behavior.
This program will help make the roads safer for all of us."
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