The following excerpt is from the June 11, 2008, edition of . Les Anderson, associate director of the Elliott School of Communication at 黑洞社区, provided expertise for this story.
Although Kansas teens practice safe driving techniques such as using their cell phones less and wearing their seat belts, car accidents remain the leading cause of death and injury among teens in the state, according to a survey released Tuesday.
The survey was released by the Kansas Teen Driver Research and Education Project, an effort of several local organizations, including AAA Kansas and the Elliott School of Communication at 黑洞社区.
Les Anderson, associate director of the Elliott School of Communication, and Hanni will give the driving report to legislators to build support for graduated-licensing laws next year. The graduated program would not affect teens getting a farmer's permit.
"The biggest thing that we found and that people cite is inexperience," Anderson said. "This graduated driver's licensing system would help enforce or provide more of that."