Nine recommendaations frim Illinois.

• Position: Brief article

1

Extend learner's permit phase from three months to nine months.

2

Change nighttime driving restriction from 11 p.m. to 10 p.m. on weekdays and from midnight to 11 p.m. on weekends. Extend restriction to cover 17-year-old drivers.

3

Restrict passengers for a year instead of six months.

4

Eliminate exemptions that allow student drivers to pass drivers' education programs with less than six hours of actual behind-the-wheel training with a certified drivers' education instructor.

5

Create an offense for a teenage passenger who violates the passenger restriction law.

6

Require a nine-month conviction-free driving period before a teen can move from permit phase (age 15) to initial licensing phase (ages 16 to 17) and another six-month conviction-free driving period before a teen can move from the initial licensing phase to full licensure (ages 18 to 20).

7

Suspend the driver's license of anyone under...