Amberly Wright - Online Memorial Website

The dead cannot cry out for justice; it is a duty of the living to do so for them. Lois McMaster Bujold

"YOU WILL LIVE FOREVER IN OUR MEOMRIES AND HEARTS"

 

In Loving Memory of Amberly FAITH Wright~

 

SUNRISE: Born on Thursday, October 13, 1988 in Virginia Beach, VA. SUNSET: Heaven received an angel on

Friday, December 1, 2006 from Suwanee, GA.

AGE: Passed away 18 years young.

 

Amberly's story with Mary Kay...

My name is Dana Wright, I am a Women, Wife, Mother of 4 and Amberly F.A.I.T.H. Wright’s VOICE.

 

I am about to tell you about a personal story that has been life changing and altering in my life. The day after the Thanksgiving holiday, on friday, November 25, 2006; my daughter, Amberly went out to a movie with a friend. She rekindled a friendship with a young man that was a friend that she formerly went to high school with. Amberly didn’t do anything wrong, she was innocently going to a movie with her friends. She was excited that it was fall break from college at Gwinnett Tech and she looked forward to going out for the evening with her friends.

 

As a concerned mother, I had met the young man a week prior. He told us that he was 19 years old. I normally would have asked to check his license if I suspected that he were younger, but I trusted that he told me his truthful age. I didn’t stop and think that he would deceive me about his age.

 

The night of Amberly’s MVC, I knew WHO she was with, WHERE they were going, WHAT she was doing, and WHEN she would return home. WHAT I didn’t know, is that DECEPTION would encounter me. The driver deceived me about his age. He should never have allowed my daughter to enter the vehicle with him.

 

He held the second phase of his license, which is considered class D. (Under a class D license, no one under the age of twenty-one should have been in the vehicle with him). Speed, distraction and inexperience caused him to lose control of his vehicle, which t-boned the front passengers side and hit into a utility pole. The front passenger side where Amberly was in the vehicle, took the impact of the collision. The airbags didn’t eject, as the vehicle only had driver air bags, no side air bags. Amberly did wear her seat belt in the vehicle. As the EMT arrived on the scene, she had to be extracted from the vehicle, as she was trapped inside of it and was transported to the Gwinnett Medical Center. Upon seeing her in the hospital, she was hooked up to tubes and monitors for all of her vital organs. This was a serious and life-threatening injury!

 

Amberly remained in the hospital for 6 days, unconscious and on life support. She was in a trauma comma since the collision. On the 7th day, she had severe brain swelling and there was irreparable damage to her brain, which resulted in her death on December 1, 2006. This is the day that I lost my 1st child, daughter and sibling’s, sister.

 

Since that day, my families life has been robbed of the innocence of happiness as we knew it to be. My life has been disrupted, and devastated! Our lives today, aren’t how we once knew it to be, 2 1/2 years ago. My three surviving children (then, 8, 13, and 15) have had to live with many repercussions from the destruction of the loss of their sibling, as well as seeing their parents being destroyed and consumed by this tragedy. The dynamics of our family has changed forever! There is a broken link in our family chain.

 

When there is a tragic loss this great, it takes an eternity to grow from the grief and learn how to carry this with you daily, upon rebuilding your lives. Everyday is a challenge to learn how to live with this after math of our tragedy.

 

Being CAREFUL parents, we made the decision to have Amberly refrain from driving until she was the age of 18 years old. I always FEARED this very situation would happen to our family. In our household, we set our own age limit for our children, in when they could drive. Amberly had just turned 18 on October 13, 2006. As parents, we agreed that under the age of 18 was too young for our child to have the responsibility of driving. Since we were just entering the phase of driving with Amberly, we were not aware of the phases of licenses that teens hold. The state requirements have changed since we as parents, were young teen drivers of our generation. In my opinion, the license phases for teens are improving, but there is always room for improvement.

 

As Amberly’s parent’s, we were always worried about her! She was our first born. Life did not begin very easily for her, as she was a preemie. She weighed 4 pounds at birth and was 5-6 weeks early. She was a fighter in many ways throughout her life of 18 years.

 

Amberly was stunningly beautiful, had a way with horses, a talented singer, writer of poetry and a perfectionist at everything that she encountered in her life. At such a short time in her life, she touched so many peoples lives all around her. She was wonderful to children and they looked up to her and wanted to be just like her. She found her religious faith four weeks prior to her passing, to a college ministry at 12 Stone church. She was thriving, at peace with her life then and ecstatic about the next chapter ahead of her in life.

 

The loss of our child insulted us, as we were thought we were model parents to our daughter for 18 years. We worked hard every day to be supportive, loving, aware, active and involved every day of her life. We were always there for her. Amberly was a unique teenager in this day and time of teens, she was wise and mature beyond her years. At 18 years old, she had a plan of where she was going in life and how she would get there.

 

I found a journal a year later, that shows her goals listed of her life from 2006 to the end of 2008 in order of how she could obtain them. She made proper choices, and lived by and believed in our families morales, and values. We are still in disbelief of how this tragedy happened to our family. This crisis in our lives has prompted me to take a stand in becoming an advocate to properly educate teens & families and make awareness of this subject.

 

A week prior, to Amberly’s MVC (motor-vehicle collision), she attended a Mary Kay skin care class of Shirley McCarley’s. She later expressed to me, in wanting to join and become a consultant. She shared with me how she thought it would be a great first job, while she was attending college. Amberly went to college aspiring to be an entrepreneur and dreamed of owning an upscale beauty boutique that would cater to the many needs of women. The boutique would contain a hair and nail salon, massage therapist, tanning booth, hair and make-up products, along with a coffee bistro shop. Amberly thought that selling the Mary Kay make-up line, would incorporate well with the career she would persue.

 

Amberly made her first purchase at Shirley’s beauty class. The product was placed on back order for her. A week after Amberly passed away, Shirley received several e-mails from Amberly’s e-mail address. Shirley knew the circumstances and knew she wouldn’t be corresponding with her. Shirley tried to cancel these e-mails, but each time that she did, more would follow.

 

Shirley assumed that this was Amberly’s way of connecting with her and wanted to remind her of the Mary Kay order! I was called and this story was shared with me. I decided that I would take up selling Mary Kay to honor Amberly’s memory. I wanted to grant her wish and thought it would benefit the cause that I would start for teens. I have joined Mary Kay to sell their products and all proceeds accrued go to support F.A.I.T.H., Family Awareness Involving Teen Hazards, (for tragedy prevention of teen drivers). The money will be utillized to set-up Amberly’s foundation, educate teens and their families, and to build a Teen Driving & Education Center for Georgia.

 

 Mary Kay is helping F.A.I.T.H in bringing AWARENESS to our community about this silent epidemic amongst our teen children. The loss of teens do occur throughout our community and nationwide. It is time to raise the awareness level in how serious this matter is in tragedies of teen drivers.

 

In 2006, 3,490 teen drivers between the age of 15-20, lost their lives in MVC’s. A National Teen Crash & Fatality Statistic reports to date, May 3, 2009, that there has been 84 fatal deaths state wide, so far this year. (http://www.savealifega.org) The site is up-dated monthly. Teen driving related death’s are the number 1 cause of teen deaths. There is a misperception that teen MVC’s only happen by the influence of drinking or drugs.

 

The FACTS are, distraction, inexperience, speeding, no seatbelt and overcorrecting are the top reasons why we are loosing our many teens to MVC’s. These deaths are by careless errors and are senseless, they can be prevented with proper education. We need the appropriate skills and education available to our families.

 

I have admired Mary Kay’s versatility of allowing WOMEN everywhere to start and grow their own businesses with their own purpose. They are WOMEN with children from generation to generation. Every WOMEN has their own story, and drive behind starting their individual business. Mary Kay has had success in the charity work that they do for prior causes of awareness for battered women, breast cancer & teen dating violence.

 

My personal cause is to give VOICE to my daughter, Amberly’s dream of “helping others”. (taken from notes in her personal journal, upon a meeting and discussion that she was to have with her youth pastor, Miles Welch on sunday, November 27, 2009).

 

Mary Kay shows women how to stand up for and accomplish their dreams. My long term goal is to see Mary Kay adopt Amberly’s cause as a charity for teens to get the benefit of this awareness. Mary Kay previously validated Amberly as a MK consultant as one of their own family members, when they issued me a Mary Kay pin for her while in the hospital. I decided that was such an honor and I buried that pin with her as a sign that she had reached a personal achievement in this world.

 

I am dedicated to becoming a public speaker and advocate for teens and families and to educate them in preventing more tragedies amongst our teen drivers. I look forward to the day that Mary Kay adopts another useful cause for our children and partner with me in helping to get this information out to teens and their families. I welcome the opportunity to speak to middle and high schoolers, colleges, churches, businesses, doctor’s offices and organizations. (In the near future of 2009-2010, I will be talking weekly for Dr. Odusina Bolaji at Suwanee Pedicatrics. She was Amberly’s physician. We will be informing teens and their families about Amberly’s story and the importance of proper education for teen drivers).

 

Bringing awareness of this topic helps us to improve on education for our teens to have these important skills in place to help them grow and be successful at. It is time to move this awareness into the category of a LIFE SKILL. It will add to the life skills that we teach them to date, about being aware and taking a stand to bullies, drugs, alcohol date rape , & etc., It is preventable, with the earliest teaching and embedding these skills as they grow into teens.

 

My goal is to PREVENT Tragedies of Teen Drivers. Teens are falling through the system that is already in place, as many parents DO NOT properly train and educate their teen under the learning permit phase and allow their teen child to be an active driver while accompanying them in the vehicle. This places your teen at high-risk for being an inexperienced driver and can cause a fatality to themselves, or other people. My plan is to open a Teen Education and Driving center that would be state funded, to allow all teens to be able to attend. Teens and their families would receive comprehensive education & training skills to help them effectively develop and evolve their driving skills.

 

This center would include text book education, speakers from parents of a loss, police officers, trained instructors that would correlate teaching and preparing them for each stage of a teens drivers licenses. There would also be a hands on driving range for teens, who have a learner’s permit and a class D license, allowing them to practice their driving skills with a qualified and certified instructor. There will also be summer camp sessions for the up-coming teen drivers. Before they qualify to get their full-license, they must take a defensive driving class. This would be extensive training to teach them how to handle their vehicle successfully, in a hazardous situation. The center will approve the teen ready for each license phase and will allow them to go at their own pace, as we all learn and grow at different speeds. Your teen child will be 100% capable and equipped to be a skilled driver.

 

As a parent, you do everything within your power to protect your child, to teach them and prepare them in your life. One mistake by this driver and our family is now DEPRIVED of seeing the outcome of what Amberly worked hard to achieve.

 

A mother’s love doesn’t stop when you loose your child. It is my mission as Amberly’s mom, to see that her wish is carried out, in helping others. It is my responsibility to my three surviving children; Korbin, Jadalyn and Ridge as their mother, to show them how to take a stand in life when it is important and seek to improve their life for them.

 

 A poem written by Amberly, 2006~

 I’m not letting you go

 I don’t care who knows

 It’s not happy It’s not our mistakes

 They’re everywhere

Sometimes it’s hard to carry on Sometimes it’s hard to be strong

Life doesn’t always go our way

It will be hard to breathe everyday

Will you always be there for me

Hold my hand and help me through it.

 

To Our loving Daughter, Amberly~

We all hold your love and memories close to our hearts every day. We love you and miss you so very much!!!!!! We are committed to CHANGING this world and to give purpose to Amberly's life. The love we have for her, gives us the strength and courage to exist, until we reunite with her again, in God's kingdom! Daughter of Dana & Steven, Sister of Korbin, Jadalyn & Ridge Wright

 

 

 

 

MARY KAY Fundraising for F.A.I.T.H.  / Dana Wright (Mother) June 21, 2009

 

Dear Family and Friends,

 

Many of you know that my family lost our oldest daughter and sister, Amberly FAITH Wright to a MVC, motor vehicle collision, December 1, 2006. Amberly originally wanted to be a Mary Kay consultant, while attending college. I decided to honor her wish and joined Mary Kay to sell their cosmetics for her cause. The proceeds given support F.A.I.T.H., (FAMILY AWARENESS INVOLVING TEEN HAZARDS), for Tragedy Prevention of Teen Drivers. This nonprofit organization will help to bring awareness and education to the community about the importance of safety for teen drivers.

 

Amberly was such an amazing, talented and beautiful young women. She had so much potential in her life. As her mother, I knew that I had to do something to pay tribute and validate her mark in this world. I decided to help educate others by sharing her story. The love for my child doesn’t stop with the loss of her. Your child lives through you, as much as you lived through them, eternally. It is a maternal bond that can’t be broken.

 

I wanted to share some exciting news with you... On Saturday, June 20, 2009. Mary Kay held their quarterly MK awards ceremony at The Gwinnett Environmental & Heritage Center. At this event, they helped me start the awareness of Amberly’s cause, F.A.I.T.H. They had a raffle to auction off products. They raised $407.00 dollars for our cause. The money was donated to FAITH, to help me reach my goal to set her foundation, enable me to public speak to educate teens and families on the safety of teen driving.

 

In the future, my goal is to establish a state funded Teen Education and Driving Center. I am very appreciative and honored that Mary Kay has helped me spread awareness of Amberly’s story and to make it possible to start the F.A.I.T.H. foundation. I want to genuinely thank these women; Connie Kittson, National Sales Director; Kristin Rogers, Senior Sales Director, and Shirely McCarley, Future Sales Director.

 

Thank you to the many Mary Kay Directors, Consultants, and Guests who were present and who listened to Amberly’s story. It was a pleasure to meet all of you and to share my daughter with all of you.

 

As I am growing this foundation, I am networking with everyone I know to gain contacts of people that can help me with these needed resources of printing, advertising, marketing, website design, information on how to obtain state funding and refer me to people that I can be resourceful to, for public speaking. In your contribution to me, I will give a speaking engagement for teens & parents to educate and share Amberly’s story.

 

I would like the opportunity to speak to public/private middle & high schools, colleges, churches, hospitals, doctors offices, businesses and organizations. I would appreciate any contacts that you could give me. Your help is a contribution to my cause. I will give recognition and advertisement of your business.

 

I am available in the evenings and weekends to speak. Please let me know if you or anyone is interested in me speaking and sharing Amberly’s story to make awareness of this cause.

 

I may be reached by e-mail: dwright387@charter.net or by phone at 678-482-1380.

 

In appreciation of my valued Mary Kay customers and to honor F.A.I.T.H., I am offering 20% off to those who place a Mary Kay order thru June 22th thru June 29, 2009.

 

You may place your order on my personal Mary Kay website at www.marykay.com/danawright

 

 When you place your order, you may pay by credit card with pro-pay, cash or check. I will follow-up with the order you place and apply the 20% discount and send out a confirmation e-mail with your total. Thank all of you for your orders and donations to F.A.I.T.H.

 

Sincerely, Dana Wright

 

 

 

GA LAWS FOR TEEN DRIVERS  

 

Some helpful tips:

 

Your child needs to be properly educated about driving. They need time to develop their driving skills. Below, I have listed the phases of licenses and helpful GA state guidelines, that teens will need.

 

For additional information, see Georgia’s DMV site, http://www.dds.ga.gov Georgia’s Laws for Teen Driver’s Obtaining a Learner's Permit Basic Requirements

 • You must be at least 15 years of age.
 

 • A parent or legal guardian (who must present certified guardianship court papers or adoption papers with embossed court seal) must sign for the applicant.
 

• The parent or legal guardian must present a Georgia Driver License or ID card. If the parent/guardian does not possess a Georgia License or ID card, the teen must present a standard Proof of Residency document.
 

• Any out of state permits, licenses, or ID cards must be surrendered. If the teen held a license or permit in another state, a certified Driving History, dated within the last 30 days, from the issuing state is also required.
  Documents Required

• An original US birth certificate, certified copy of the US birth certificate (with embossed state seal), US certificate of birth registration, certified copy of court records (for adoption, name changes, etc.), certified naturalization records, immigration card or a Valid Passport must be presented. More identification requirement information can be found here. Hospital issued birth certificates are not acceptable.
 

• Non US citizens must present original, non-expired immigration documents. See the link at the top of the page.
 

• Applicants must know their social security number, but the original social security card is not required. An online verification (first name, last name, date of birth and social security number) with the social security records system is completed prior to issuing the permit. Non citizens may present a Social Security Denial Letter, Form SSA L676 in place of a social security number.
 

• A Georgia DDS Certificate of Attendance (DS – 1) form must be signed and notarized by your school. It is only valid for 30 days. If not attending school, applicants under the age of 18 must provide a GED diploma, high school diploma, or proof of enrollment in college. Students enrolled in an approved home school program must present a Certificate of Attendance form from the local Board of Education.  Testing Required

• The applicant must pass a vision exam.
 

• The applicant must pass a two part knowledge exam pertaining to Road Rules and Road Signs. All questions are based on material contained in the Georgia Driver’s Manual.
 

• The knowledge exam is conducted on a walk in basis only at all Customer Service Centers. Testing must begin at least 30 minutes before office close time.
 

 

The Permit

 

• The permit fee is $10.00, Effective January 5, 2009, the fee must be paid before the test begins; DDS accepts cash, money order, check, or credit/debit cards. The $10 fee is forfeited if you fail the test. The $10 permit fee would be paid again at the next test attempt.
 

• The permit is valid for 24 months.
 

• The permit holder is allowed to drive: ◦ With a licensed driver at least 21 years old ◦ The licensed driver must be seated in the front seat of the car at all times.

• You may not apply for or keep a driver’s permit or license if you withdraw from school (if you are under age 18), have a total of 10 unexcused absences or have any conduct infractions. If you receive a traffic citation after you receive your license, your license may be suspended. Paying the citation fee does not indicate that your license will not be suspended.

 

Driver's License Practice Test

 

When applying for a GA driver's license or instructional permit, most first-time applicants must take and successfully pass a road signs test and road rules general knowledge test. All information necessary to pass the test is included in the driver's manual. You can test your knowledge with Department of Driver Services' practice test. This practice test will provide you with an idea of the type of questions that will be asked. The permit fee is $10.00, Effective January 5, 2009, the fee must be paid before the test begins; DDS accepts cash, money order, check, or credit/debit cards. The $10 fee is forfeited if you fail the test. The $10 permit fee would be paid again at the next test attempt.

*(a practice test may be taken online under the Georgia Department of Driver Services, http://www.dds.ga.gov/training).

 

To Obtain Your First Driver's License (Class D)

 

• A valid learner's license must be held for one year and one day from its issuance. It must be surrendered at the time of testing.
 

• You must be at least 16 years old.

 

• Effective January 1, 2007, sixteen year olds must be in compliance with Joshua's Law, which requires GA approved Driver’s Education before license issuance. At age 17, Driver’s Education is not required.


 

◦ For classes completed before July 1, 2007, a completion certificate for the driver’s education course must be presented at the time of the road test. 
 

 

◦ After July 1, 2007, approved driver’s education schools submit student certificates electronically to DDS, where it is matched to the driver’s license record. A few certificates are unable to be matched to the proper record, so it is suggested that you bring the paper certificate with you to the road test. If the reservations agent has already confirmed the electronic certificate on the driver record, the paper certificate need not be presented.  
 

 

 

•Appointments for on-the-road tests are highly recommended and may be scheduled up to 90 days in advance. Walk in road tests cannot be guaranteed and may involve lengthy wait time. Have the driver's permit number available when calling. Reservation numbers are:
  (678) 413-8400 select option 4 or
   Toll-free (866) 754-3687 if dialing from an area code outside the metro-Atlanta area but within Georgia. 

 

• Applicants must know their social security number. The number is required to issue a permit.
 

 

• At the time of the road test examination, a parent or legal guardian must sign an affidavit that the applicant has completed at least 40 hours of on-the-road driving experience, including at least 6 hours of night driving, with a parent or guardian. The 40 hour requirement is in addition to driving completed with an instructor during an approved driver education class.


 

◦ If driver's education was completed with an approved school/instructor, the 40 hour affidavit must be signed by the parent/guardian in addition to any driving completed with the driving instructor. The DDS examiner will provide the affidavit for parent/guardian signature at the time of the teen's road test.

 

◦If driver’s education was competed with an approved internet/online class, the parent/guardian must also complete the Parent Teen Driving Guide. The last page of this guide is the 40 hour driving affidavit. It may be signed and notarized prior to the teen’s road test, or the parent/guardian may wait to sign in the presence of the DDS examiner, who will notarize the form.

 

• A parent or legal guardian must sign your driver's license application with you. If your application will be signed by your legal guardian rather than your parent, your legal guardian must bring with him/her a certified copy (with an embossed seal from the court) of the court order granting guardianship.
 

 

• A Georgia DDS Certificate of Attendance form must be signed and notarized from your school. It is only valid for 30 days. All applicants under the age of 18 not enrolled in school must provide a GED diploma, high school diploma, or an attendance form from your local Board of Education if you are enrolled in an approved home school program.
 

 

• You must have the Alcohol and Drug Awareness Program (ADAP) card.Click Here for more information or call (404) 669-2942 / (800) 245-4410.
 

 

• Applicant will be required to pass an eye and a driving test. 
 

 

• The vehicle to be used for the road test must be properly insured; the insurance card, and registration must be presented. The license plate (tag) must be valid (not expired). The vehicle must pass a safety inspection. A rental car may be used only if the person testing is listed as an authorized driver on the rental agreement. A Georgia official dealer tag (silver strip containing date) may be used for the road test within thirty days of purchase date, and original bill of sale papers must be presented.
 

 

 • The license fee is $10.00 cash, money order, check, or credit/debit card. You may not apply for or keep a driver's permit or license if you withdraw from school (if you are under age 18), have a total of 10 unexcused absences or have any conduct infractions. If you receive a traffic citation after you receive your license, your license may be suspended. Paying the citation fee does not indicate that your license will not be suspended.  

 

Teenage & Adult Driver Responsibility Act (TADRA) TADRA is a graduated driver's license program for young drivers ages 15 to 18. It was established in Georgia by a collaborative effort of highway safety advocates, legislators, law enforcement officials, educators, businesses and media in the wake of a high number of fatal vehicle crashes involving young, inexperienced drivers.

 

This act directly addresses the leading killer of our young people - traffic crashes. The law significantly changes the way young motorists earn and maintain the privilege of driving by providing a controlled means for new drivers to gain experience, and by reducing high-risk driving situations. While the law does focus on young drivers, it also contains important provisions that affect drivers over 21, particularly in the area of DUI prevention and enforcement.

 

 Three-Step Process in TADRA TADRA involves an intense, three-step educational process that allows the young driver to gain more experience behind the wheel:

 

STEP ONE - INSTRUCTIONAL PERMIT (CP) is granted to 15-year-olds upon successfully passing a written examination. The driver with this permit must be accompanied by a passenger who is at least 21 years old and possesses a valid Class C driver's license at all times while driving.

 

STEP TWO - INTERMEDIATE LICENSE (Class D) The license is granted to drivers between 16 and 18 years of age who have held an Instructional Permit for 12 months and passed a driving test. The Intermediate License has the following restrictions:

1. No driving between the hours of 12 a.m. and 6 a.m. No exceptions.

2. Passenger restrictions:

 

◦ For the initial six-month period immediately following the issuance of a Class D license, any Class D license holder shall not drive a motor vehicle upon the public roads, streets or highways of this state when any other passenger in the vehicle is not a member of the driver's immediate family.

 

◦ During the second six-month period immediately following issuance of a Class D license, any Class D license holder shall not drive a motor vehicle upon the public roads, streets or highways of this state when more than one other passenger in the vehicle (who is not a member of the driver’s immediate family) is less than 21 years of age.

 

◦ After the second six-month period, any Class D license holder shall not drive a motor vehicle upon the public roads, streets or highways of this state when more than three other passengers in the vehicle (who are not members of the driver’s immediate family) are less than 21 years of age. 3. Joshua's Law - On or after January 1, 2007, any 16 year old who obtains an initial Class D license must have completed:

 

◦ You must have completed a driver education course approved by the Department of Driver Services and ◦ You also must have completed a cumulative total of at least forty (40) hours of other supervised driving experience, including at least six (6) hours at night. If you have not completed an approved driver's education course, you cannot get your Class D driver's license until you reach age seventeen (17). Remember, forty (40) hour of driving experience, including six (6) hours of driving at night, is always required for a Class D driver's license.

 

STEP THREE - A FULL LICENSE (Class C) driver's license is granted to drivers ages 18 years of age and older who hold the class D license and have incurred no major traffic convictions during the previous 12 months. The following violations must not occur during this period:

1. DUI

2. Eluding a police officer

3. Drag racing

4. Reckless driving

5. Hit and run

6. Any violation that assesses four or more points on the driver's license

 

** Drivers under the age of 18 years in a 12-month license suspension period must not incur a violation point count over four points. **

 

Georgia has a zero tolerance for underage drunk driving. Convicted drivers with a blood-alcohol content level of .08 grams or higher will face a 12-month license suspension on the first offense.

 

 WHY TADRA?

 1. In 2000, one out of five fatal crashes in Georgia involved speed, with drivers ages 16-17 having the highest rate of motor vehicle fatalities (based on the total number of drivers per age group.)

2. Young, inexperienced drivers ages 16 to 24 have a higher rate of crashes, injuries, and fatalities than drivers over age 24.

3. The Teenage and Adult Driver Responsibility Act (TADRA), enacted on July 1, 1997, led to a 44.5 percent decline in teenage speed-related crashes in 18 months, which was five times less than the rate of drivers over age 24. What You Need to Know About Earning a License The Teenage and Adult Driver Responsibility Act establishes graduated driver licensing for Georgians between the ages of 15 to 18, with three separate classifications.

 

Step 1 - Instructional Permit (Class CP)