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Sheriff's Telling Our Parents &

Promoting Educated Drivers

Sheriff Philip C. Povero is pleased to introduce the STOPPED program.  A parental notification system developed by the Ontario County Sheriff's Office to help reduce the number of young drivers involved in motor vehicle accidents.

Annually over 3,000 drivers between sixteen (16) and twenty-one (21) years of age die in the United States as a result of car crashes.

In Ontario County, young drivers represent 14% of all drivers involved in fatal crashes and 15% of all drivers involved in personal injury automobile accidents.

The Ontario County Sheriff's Office offers parents this voluntary notification system to extend their watchful eyes and raise the awareness of drivers under the age of 21.

On Your Mark

Parents voluntarily register with the Ontario County Sheriff's Office, any motor vehicle that will be operated by a driver under the age of 21.

Get Set

An identification decal is issued and affixed to the windshield of each registered vehicle.

STOPPED

If for any reason the registered vehicle, when operated by a driver under the age of 21, is stopped by Sheriff's Deputies, the officer will complete a notification card providing the following information:

• Time and Location of stop
• Driver's Name and the number of passengers
• Reason for the stop
• Whether any traffic tickets were issued.

Notification will be mailed directly to parents to make them aware of potential problems and enable them to enforce any parental rules that often co-exist with teenage driving privileges.

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