Local teens from Boothbay Region Elementary School and Boothbay Region High School visited the State House Tuesday and watched the legislative process for Taylor's Law (LD 737). It was great to see them taking interest and getting involved in Maine's law making process. Taylor's Law creates new restrictions on new and inexperienced teen drivers, which would prohibit non-family member passengers until the driver is 18 years old unless accompanied by a driver over 20 years old who has held a drivers license for over two years. The law would mandate that "Taylor Tags" (decals pictured above) be placed on new driver's vehicles to indicate to police officers and others that they are new drivers and should not have passengers in the vehicle and for overall general awareness. Taylor's Law was created after the Bucksport teen Taylor Darveau, 15, who was killed as a passenger in a car being driven by a 16 year old friend on October 3, 2013. Her parents Corey and Christina Darveau came up with this idea to help prevent other similar tragedies from happening in the future. They created the T.A.Y.L.O.R (acronym for thinking about your life on the road) Foundation promoting the awareness of teen driving safety and to educate the community on the issue. For more information and resources see the links below.
www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0267&item=1&snum=127
Taylor Foundation
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