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PARENTS BEWARE! WHEN YOUR KIDS STRAY, YOU MAY PAY.(NEWS)
Byline: J. P. VETTRAINO
If you think your son or your daughter has dem-onstrated enough skill and responsibility to drive your Corvette Z06 to the homecoming game, think again.
Along with laws creating graduated-licensing programs ("License to Die, AW, Aug. 27, 2007), most states have adopted statutes that make parents legally and financially liable for what their minor teens do behind the wheel of a car. Even if your straight-A student is a model citizen and president of the Glee Club, one in-appropriate jab at the gas pedal could put at risk everything you've worked hard to build.
Of course, keeping teens out of your high-powered dream ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, PARENTS BEWARE! WHEN YOUR KIDS STRAY, YOU MAY PAY.(NEWS)