From the WILLIAMSPORT SUN-GAZETTE Editorial:
…The law increases training requirements for drivers under 18 years old and places a limit on the number of passengers they can transport.
A lot of accidents happen with teens at night and when they are distracted. Inexperience plus distraction is a recipe for tragedy on a highway. Limiting the number of passengers in the car to one non-immediate family member passenger unless accompanied by an adult reduces distraction.
And the new law adds 15 hours of supervised behind-the-wheel training for permit holders under the age of 18, with 10 of those hours required at night and five occurring under poor weather conditions…
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