SECRETARY OF STATE JESSE WHITE SAYS TEEN DRIVING DEATHS ARE DOWN.
THE NUMBER OF TEENS KILLED ON ILLINOIS ROADS HAS DROPPED 69 PERCENT SINCE 2007. SECRETARY WHITE SAYS THAT MEANS MORE YOUNG DRIVERS ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING.
WHITE ALSO ATTRIBUTES THE DECREASE TO THE STATE'S GRADUATED LICENSE PROGRAM AND TOUGHER LAWS. SO FAR THIS YEAR IN ILLINOIS…32 TEENS HAVE DIED IN TRAFFIC CRASHES.