Children First: Teen drivers learning the rules of the road

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Learning however to thrust is breathtaking for Jocelyn Gonzales.

"I'm gonna commencement driving. I privation to prime up my friends, spell to the promenade and everything," Jocelyn says.

She'll person to enactment the brakes connected those plans for now, she has her archetypal down the instrumentality acquisition with a nonrecreational driving instructor.

Patience isn't everything.

"It's amended for maine because, like, I'm much relaxed. With my dada I'm stressed. He's ever like, Oh, you're doing this. This, this.this. So chill out, you know," Jocelyn says.

Demane Green, with Learn 2 Drive Center, is helping Jocelyn get acceptable for her DMV driving test. Parents besides request to get up to velocity connected requirements.

"Parents, I cognize they're busy, but I mean, it's existent important, due to the fact that six hours of driving schoolhouse is not truly going to bash the trick, similar you person to walk clip with the kid oregon with your teen and thatch them however to thrust also," Demane says.

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 53 percent of teen drivers who died successful 2023 were unbuckled.

"Nobody wants to spell to their champion friend's funeral, truthful erstwhile you're driving, you privation to marque definite that you're being other safe. You're pursuing the velocity limits, your limiting each distractions," Learn 2 Drive manager Jonathan Vargas says.

A caller crackdown connected distracted drivers successful Fresno recovered implicit 100 radical connected their compartment phones.

"In that 10 hr shift, the officers person 135 citations conscionable for compartment telephone operations," Fresno Police Sgt. Michael McCray says.

It tin outgo lives and cash.

"So distracted driving is an infraction. However, your archetypal discourtesy is going to outgo anyplace betwixt $170 to $300 depending connected the court," McCary says.

Jocelyn knows what to do.

"My dada ever had maine propulsion my telephone either um close here, oregon we person a small confirming and we person maine filming there, truthful I don't person to interaction your vigor that way. You don't clang that way. You support yourself safe. And different drivers safe," Jocelyn says.

Learn 2 Drive halfway besides recommends teen drivers bounds nighttime driving, passengers and large music.

During the licence phase, you cannot person anyone successful the car nether the property of 25 oregon that doesn't person a license. Parents should besides support way of their teen driver's schedule.

"We promote parents, if you can, delight prime up your kids and driblet them disconnected to signifier into games. Because, you know, if they're playing shot and they're hitting different kids and they get our practice, they're highly tired, you know, they're not successful the close framework of mind, and that's gonna person an effect connected their driving ability," Jonathan says.

Jocelyn is moving successful the close direction.

"Don't get distracted. Keep your eyes connected the road. Don't interaction your phone. Stay successful velocity limit," she says.

Knowing the rules of the road, and with invaluable clip down the wheel, she's making each the close moves toward earning her driver's license.

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