As part of the campaign, three Miss Shirley’s restaurants and 18 Greene Turtle restaurants across the state will include stickers reading “PRACTICE DRIVING WITH YOUR TEEN. THEY’LL ♥ YOU LATER” in their takeout bags. The University of Maryland Children’s Hospital is funding the sticker initiative.
The campaign is timely given the days between Memorial Day and Labor Day are known as “the 100 deadliest days” since vehicle crashes involving teenage drivers spike during the time teens are out of school.
“We know that the more driving experience that a teen driver has with an adult driver, the less likely it is that they will get in a crash,” said Richard Lichenstein, MD, director of pediatric emergency medicine research at UMMC and chairman of the Maryland Teen Safe Driving Coalition. “Parents serve not only as driving teachers but also as role models for not texting behind the wheel.”
The Maryland chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics also supports the campaign.
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