To the editor:

With regard to the “Behind the wheel” article in the June 18 Journal-World:

First of all, a correction should be made to question 3 of the driving IQ quiz: A solid white line between two lanes of traffic means that you are not to cross the line. White lines divide traffic going the SAME direction, while YELLOW lines divide two-way traffic. The quiz suggested the correct answer was they were on a two-way street, which is incorrect.

Secondly, to the parents of ALL teens learning to drive: Please use the 50 hours of training required by the state to teach your children good driving habits and practices. Don’t allow your bad habits and practices to carry over to theirs. Take the time to review your own driving practices and make improvements. Seize the opportunity to make this a learning experience for both of you and become the best drivers you can be. Instill in them as much as possible at this age that driving a car is privilege and not a right. A 16-year-old driver is three times more likely to be involved in a collision than an 18-year-old, and SEVEN times more likely to be involved in one than a 25-year-old driver.

Forty-three thousand people were killed in automobile accidents in 2001. That’s about one person every 12 minutes. Over 95 percent of them were caused by driver error; errors which could have been avoided, or prevented. Let’s all take the privilege and responsibility of driving seriously. Our lives and our children’s lives depend on it.

Wayne Zachary,

Lawrence