An Act To Improve the Safety of Minors by Collecting Da~a on Vehicle Collision Rates Reference to the Conunittee on Transportation suggested and ordered printed.
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 1123
Sponsors: GOOLEY, CRAVEN, NUTTING, PLOWMAN, ADAMS, HARLOW, STRANG BURGESS, THERIAULT
Amends: 29-A MRSA §1359

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Legislative Document 
No. 1123 
S.P.414 
In Senate, March 25,2009 
An Act To Improve the Safety of Minors by Collecting Da~a on 
Vehicle Collision Rates 
Reference to the Conunittee on Transportation suggested and ordered printed. 
Presented by Senator GOOLEY ofFranldin. 
Cosponsored by Represent'!,tive BROWNE ofVassalbor() and 
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JOY J. O'BRIEN 
Secretary of the Senate' 
Senators: CRAVEN of Androscoggin, NUTTING of Androscoggin, PLOWMAN of 
Penobscot, SMITH.of Piscataquis, Representatives: ADAMS of Portland, HARLOW of 
Portland, STRANG BURGESS of Cumberland, THERIAULT of Madawaska. 
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §1359 is enacted to read: 
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§1359. Collision data 
1. Driving schools. ' The Department of the Secretary of State shall collect data 
regarding motor vehicle collisions involving minors to whom successful driver education 
course completion certificates have been issued by driver education schools, as defined 
by section 1354, subsection 1, paragraph D. 
The collision rate is computed by 
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deterinining the number of driver education schools attended by the minors who complete 
driver education courses during a state fiscal year and dividing that number by the 
number of collisions thar involved minors who complete such courses and that occulTed 
in the 12-monthperiod following their licensure. The quotient must be expressed as a 
percentage. 
2. Course instructors. The Department of the Secretary of State shall collect data 
regarding the motor vehicle collision rate of minors taught by instructors, as defined by 
section 1354, subsection 1, paragraph F, approved under this subchapter. The collision 
rate is computed by determining the number of mInors who complete appr~ved driver 
education courses under section 1351, subsection 2 during a state fiscal year and dividing 
that number by the number of collisions that involved minors who complete such courses 
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and that occUlTed in the 12-month period following their licensure. The quotient must be 
expressed as a percentage. 
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3. Publication. No later than October 1 st of each year, the Department of the 
Secretary of State' shall issue a publication listing the motor vehicle collision rate for 
, minors taught by each driver education school and the collision rate for minors taught by 
each driver education course. The collision list must include the severity of the collisions 
involving minors who are students of each driver education school and each type of 
course taught by a driver' education instructor or an instructor of a commercial driver 
education school. The publication must include the calculation determined in subsections 
and 2. 
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SUMMARY 
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This bill requires the Department of the Secretary of State to collect data regarding 
the' motor vehicle collisions involving students taught by driver education schools and 
driver education instructors. The department shall gather the data and publish a list of the 
collision rates by October 1 st of each year. 
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