I agree with a portion of this law. I like the curfew and the amount of passengers that are set for these young drivers but I do not like the stickers that are attached to the license plates. I feel they are targets for cops and criminals. If I had daughters I would not put these stickers on the car. I would tell her I would pay for the ticket of not having the stickers attached.

I would raise the driving age to 21. That would be a better way of reducing the number of accidents by people 21 and under.

Like to NOSE how researchers did the study, "estimates" ? American Journal of Preventive Medicine ? Doesn't say how much money was spent, they must have forgot and left that part out.Let's put more police out there, that will bring the numbers down without a study to be done. STOP CUTTING BACK !!!!!

A Red Tot on a license plate.. reduces accidents?...How was that statistic arrived at?
What are the reviews by Insurance Companies... how do they see it?

How about improved driving lessons by the car's owner?

Chris, that is absurd and in my opinion would only make the problem worse. First of all, the more practice a young driver has with a responsible adult driver when they have their permit is the key to instilling good driving skills. When I had my permit at 16, I drove every time we went somewhere weather it was 1 mile to Kings or on a longer trip. I had friends who got their permit, but the parents wouldn't let them drive at all. Then they got their license with having very little practice, and guess what happened? They got into accidents.

People need to take responsibility for themselves. I know quite a few NEW drivers that are better than some people who have had their license for years. Stop picking on teenagers. Everyone plays a part in this.

As for the sticker, I doubt it helps much. What we need is something to keep repeat drunk drivers off the road and a way to get people not to talk/text while driving.

silly and I would never let my child drive a car with a red bullseye on the car for any crazies out there!

That's great that the crash percentage has reduced , but I don't understand what a red sticker on the plate has to do with it , the sticker doesn't really play a role in how the car is operated

Can't buy the statistics since so many teens do not use the red sticker, with their parents' permission.

I agree, I dont think its the sticker, but the law in general is working ! as least it appears that way based on the study.

So when officers go to accidents, they now have to report whether there was a red dot on the license plate?? If not, then I too wonder... how DID they gather their data?

I haven't read the study but I'd say it's bunk. Almost certainly the decrease in accidents is due to a DECREASE IN DRIVING. The new law further restricted nighttime driving by impose an 11 p.m. instead of 12 a.m. curfew. It also restricted the number and type of passengers. In my household at least, the passenger restrictions has substantially curtailed driving by my 17 year old. Once my oldest daughter got her license, she became a de facto taxi service of her younger siblings and friends. These was not drunken, wild-eyed late night adventures, but mid-day trips to pick up her brother from a friend's house or her sister from softball practice. I assume this is true of other households as well. All of those trips are now literally against the law.

So, teens are driving less and, as a result, they get into fewer accidents. This is news?

What needs to be discussed about this law is how it reduces the opportunities for young drivers to practice driving. Those trips ferrying her siblings' around were invaluable to my older daughter and are now lost to my younger kids. As a result, they are going to be more inexperienced drivers when they finally age out of the red stickers. Maybe the tradeoff between less experience and more maturity is worth it, but I'm not sure.

That is something worthy of study.

most teens i know do not use the sticker, at the school parking lot all of the stickers were taken off the cars by kids playing a joke. This is age discrimination. Why dont we have silver stickers on the plates of the seniors so we can stop them and give them an eye test or test their reaction time. i do not let my daughter put it on her car, it makes her a target. Its a shame Kaleigh died, but it was not because of the sticker law it was because wrecklessness. Find a way to end that and theres your solution.

The bottom line is it's the law. Your 17 year old violating this law can in fact have their license suspended. As for the red sticker... How many of us have seen a mom or dad driving in a car with this displayed on the plate? I have seen many! One of the main reasons for having this is to alert the police that there may be a probationary driver behind the wheel. A probationary driver is allowed one non family member in the car. We've all heard the stories of 4 or 5 teens being killed or seriously injured because they were piled in a friends car. I have 2 daughters who both have these on their plates. What are we as parents teaching them by saying, "I will pay the ticket?"

The sticker is a good idea. However, can we please apply it to the license plates of those drivers who have been convicted of a DUI? After their licenses are no longer suspended, in order to be reinstated, a bright orange sticker is applied to their license plates.

Or how about handing out blue stickers for those who have been convicted of driving 80 in a 65 let's say. Where do u draw the line. My sympathies go out to kayleighs family but the law changed when my eldest began to drive and he couldn't help me picking his two siblings up from school on the days I had to work late. There needs to be adjustments to the law.

Correlation =/= causation, idiots.

Kids are not good drivers

There are no red stickers. And if you don't think a Police Officer can tell they are breaking the law, then your are foolish. What does that leave? They have laws. Enforce them. Let me ask this. You get a young looking 20 something driving with a bunch of people...does the cop know to stop or not stop them? What happens when they do? uh/..uhh.uuh...no..it's here's a ticket for.....a licence plate ad from the dealer....yes I have that one cut out...it's bs...

From the "article". Not sureif it's quoyted from a source or the author.

>> Kyleigh’s Law requires young drivers to affix decals on their license plates.

Well It's MY Licences plate. So there you go.

Regardless, I will not put one of these stickers on my child's car. Sue me.

Hookerman: It notifies other drivers that this car is driven by a novice so, hopefully, the more experienced drivers will make allowances -- not tailgate, cut off the novice, etc., as New Jersey drivers are wont to do. The practice has worked successfully in Europe (with "L" plates or 90 [km] both front and back of a car) for decades -- why is it such a big deal to extend courtesies to beginner drivers?

I agree with LadyWillpower. I had teenage drivers both of whom were girls; I actually felt safer knowing they had the red stickers. New drivers don’t have the experience driving in traffic and avoiding accidents as do more experienced drivers. I know when I see a car with a red sticker I give it extra room to allow for the driver’s lack of experience and slower reaction time. My daughters were never stopped nor were they targeted by criminals

Woman drivers need pink stickers too, jews should have blue and white, communists get the red, how far should we go???? Democrats get donkey stickers and republicans get elephants??? Its called profiling, cops get in trouble for this, but our kids get singled out. Its unconstitutional.

>> RdgwdGRock Brian - you are a dope. If your "child" is hurt or dies in an accident, then what?

Idiot

LadyWillpower Hookerman: It notifies other drivers that this car is driven by a novice so, hopefully, the more experienced drivers will make allowances -- not tailgate, cut off the novice

Oh Yeah? Guess you don't drive around here. Clueless

Pam I agree with LadyWillpower. I know when I see a car with a red sticker I give it extra room to allow for the driver’s lack of experience and slower reaction time.

WHAT? So you are NOT a courteous driver all the other times??? Holy Cow.

Since I've never been in or caused an accident I think I could be called a courteous driver, I don't tailgate, flash my lights or cut off others. I follow the driving laws of NJ, however I give EXTRA allowances to new drivers. I also taught my young drivers to follow the rules of the road and recognize other new drivers but everyone doesn't.

As a parent, I would hate for ANYONE's child to be hurt or killed. I'm for anything that that COULD POSSIBLY prevent that.

GDL has been around since at least 2006 when my son started driving.

It's the red sticker that goes on the plate that's new. It started spring 2010.

the laws are there to protect everyone. the accident & death stat's regarding teen and young adult drivers are horrifying. if parents would be parents and enforce the driving regulations for their children, then there would be no need for these add'l laws.

RdgwdGRock, the problem is the majority of parents do enforce the driving regulations for their children and accept responsibility when they do something wrong....

I don't think anybody pays any attention to decals on the license plate besides for the police. What better way is there to discriminate based on age? What better way to notify predators when its dark that you're a 17 year old driver, driving alone?

I'm 22 and I don't understand Kyleigh's Law. She chose to get in the car with that individual who was drunk apparently according to what I read years ago. I feel bad for her family of course because losing a child must make any parent lose their mind. However, because Kyleigh made that choice it shouldn't be put on young drivers. If anything parents need to step up. When I was 17 I never had an accident, drove drunk, got a ticket etc. I still have a clean record today. Sorry, but Kyleigh's Law is total garbage. It's basically saying if you die getting in the car with a drunk driver which she did you get a law named after you when you chose to do that. Unreal.

Srew that sticker i never used it o wait just to pass dmv test then took it of i was like a fresh donut and hot coffe on wheels cops were always tailing me