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Safe Driving for Mature Drivers

4:22 PM, Feb 9, 2012

Keep driving by keeping skills sharp!

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Drive for Safety: How drugs affect driving

5:41 PM, Jan 31, 2012

AUGUSTA, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- You may want to think twice before you get behind the wheel after taking an antihistimine.

Sec. of State opens discussion about teen driver safety

7:31 PM, Jan 17, 2012

(NEWS CENTER) - Maine Secretary of State Charlie Summers is embarking on a tour to open a discussion about driver safety among young adults.

Sec. of State embarks on driver safety tour

6:42 PM, Jan 4, 2012

(NEWS CENTER) - Maine Secretary of State Charlie Summers is embarking on a tour to open a discussion about driver safety among young adults.

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Medication & Driving

3:12 PM, Dec 23, 2011

Certain health conditions and medications, or a combination of medications, can impair your ability to drive safely.

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Prepare for Winter Driving

6:19 PM, Dec 20, 2011

(NEWS CENTER) - 20% of car crashes in Maine are winter-related... and there are more crashes in December than any other month.

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Adjusting your driving style for winter weather

10:33 AM, Dec 2, 2011

Your car behaves differently on ice and snow.  Plan accordingly!

Drive for Safety: Prepare for winter driving

3:48 PM, Nov 21, 2011

SCARBOROUGH, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- A lot of us who have lived in Maine for a long time feel like we've heard this advice before, but crash statistics bear out that we need a yearly reminder.

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Drive for Safety: Winterizing Your Car

4:14 PM, Nov 1, 2011

Now's the time to be sure your car is ready for the demands of winter driving.

A new device helps parents monitor teen drivers

6:42 AM, Oct 20, 2011

PORTLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- This week is known as "Teen Driver Safety" Week, and in Maine, this week has been a particularly deadly one for teenagers.

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Drive for Safety: Pedestrian and Bike Safety

2:29 PM, Sep 30, 2011

October is National Walk or Bike to School Month! 

Simulators show consequences of distracted driving

8:47 AM, Sep 30, 2011

VASSALBORO, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- As Maine begins enforcing its new texting while driving law, officers who work with teenage drivers are getting a new tool to help teach the consequences of texting and other distracted driving behaviors.

Mobile apps curb texting while driving

5:01 PM, Sep 26, 2011

BANGOR, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Come Wednesday, it will be illegal to text message while driving in Maine. But there are ways to make your phone the solution, rather than the problem.

Drive for Safety: Teens test their skills

8:58 AM, Sep 15, 2011

SCARBOROUGH, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Ford's Driving Skills for Life program is visiting 30 high schools across the country and giving teen drivers hands-on challenges to help improve their driving.

Drive for Safety: Driving skills for teens

1:15 PM, Sep 14, 2011

SCARBOROUGH, Maine (NEWS CENTER) - The Ford Driving Skills for Life program rolls into Maine to teach new teen drivers how to stay safe on the roads.

Drive for Safety: Take the pledge!

1:15 PM, Sep 14, 2011

(NEWS CENTER) -- In May, NEWS CENTER's Drive for Safety campaign will focus on the issue of texting while driving.

Drive for Safety: the dangers of aggressive driving

12:36 PM, Aug 30, 2011

PORTLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- After a stressful day at work some drivers vent out their daily annoyances on the road.  That's when aggressive driving can happen.

Senior driving expo aids aging drivers

7:21 PM, Aug 19, 2011

WATERVILLE, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- A host of organizations came together for a first of its kind driving expo for seniors at the Muskie Senior Center.

Drive for Safety: Working to reduce the statistics

3:51 PM, Jul 19, 2011

HAMPDEN, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Many teenagers dream of the day they finally get their driver's license. And, for their parents, it's a day they've been dreading for years.

Seatbelt placement important for pregnant women

10:37 AM, Jun 23, 2011

YARMOUTH, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- According to the March of Dimes, there are 170,000 car accidents involving pregnant women in the U.S. every year.

Drive for Safety: Motorcycles

7:04 AM, Jun 14, 2011

PORTLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER)  - Think back to when you learned how to drive. How safe would you have felt if you got your permit and then set-out in your car... all alone... to teach yourself to drive? Kind of a scary thought isn't it?

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Drive For Safety - Motorcycle Safety Statistics

6:23 PM, Jun 9, 2011

(NEWS CENTER) -- The number of motorcycles on Maine roads has increased significantly in the last 10 years, making it even more important for drivers to be aware of riders.

LePage signs bill banning texting while driving

1:34 PM, Jun 3, 2011

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- Texting while driving will soon be against the law in Maine.

Officer discusses enforcement of texting ban

4:46 PM, May 24, 2011

SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- This fall, Maine will become the 33rd state in the nation to ban texting for all drivers.

Police team up with high school for safety message

9:50 AM, May 24, 2011

RUMFORD, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Teachers, parents, and local police are teaming up to "Keep Students Safe" in Rumford.