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| | Friday, August 15, 2008 | | New Teen Driving Laws Most Comprehensive Overhaul in 35 Years |
| | New driving and training laws for 16- and 17-year-olds, along with tough new suspensions for violations, will go into effect Friday in Connecticut’s most comprehensive overhaul of teen driving laws in more than 35 years.
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| Friday, July 25, 2008 | | Governor Rell: $14 Million to Continue Upgrades of DMV Computer Systems |
| | Governor M. Jodi Rell today announced that $14 million in funding to continue modernizing the computer systems at the Department of Motor Vehicles is expected to gain approval when /the state Bond Commission meets August 4.
The bond money will add to funding already in place for the project, which is expected to be completed in stages over the next several years. The upgrades – which are already allowing many customers to renew vehicle registrations on-line rather than in person at DMV customer service centers – will further expand the agency’s ability to provide on-line services.
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| Wednesday, July 23, 2008 | | CT Leading Way Nationally Through New Teen-Driving Suspension law |
| | Beginning August 1, Connecticut will impose the nation’s first law to immediately suspend a license of a young teen driver who has violated expanded passenger and curfew restrictions as well as committed certain other speeding-related violations. “With the support of the law enforcement community, teens will experience immediately the effect of losing their licenses when disregarding these laws. It’s a tough message we want both teens and their parents to hear and feel," said DMV Commissioner Robert M. Ward, also co-chairman of the Governor’s Task Force on Teen Safe Driving. |
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| Wednesday, July 23, 2008 | | Listen to Teen Driving Radio Ads |
| | The DMV produced two radio ads, to inform listeners of the new teen driving laws. The ads promote the need for the laws to save teen lives and for more parental involvement. |
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| Wednesday, July 09, 2008 | | DMV Recommends New 7-Step Program For Teens to Obtain a License |
| | New teen driving laws taking effect August 1 will mean that parents and driving schools need to “reinvent” approaches to teaching young drivers by broadening topics covered and delaying a learner’s permit until some classroom study has started, the Department of Motor Vehicles advised today during a press conference at the Connecticut Children's Medical Center. |
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| Monday, July 07, 2008 | | New Laws For 16 and 17-Year-Old Drivers |
| | Effective August 1, 2008, Connecticut will have new laws for young drivers and their parents. |
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| Monday, July 07, 2008 | | Digital TV Transition |
| | On February 17, 2009 all full-power broadcast television stations in the United States will stop broadcasting on analog airwaves and begin broadcasting only in digital. The DMV is assisting the Federal Communications Commission in reaching the public with this information. |
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| Monday, June 23, 2008 | | Listen to Podcast on New Teen Driving Laws |
| | DMV Commissioner Robert Ward explains the new laws for 16- and 17-year-old drivers that will go into effect on August 1. |
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