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Old 11.19.2007
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Car magnets alert motorists to young drivers

Car magnets alert motorists to young drivers
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SPRING LAKE -- Corinne Fortenbacher's drive to keep her son safe behind the wheel without cramping his style has grown into a business gaining national exposure.
The Spring Lake family last year designed a sporty magnet decal reading "Rookie Driver" to put on the rear of their car when their son, Austin, was driving with his learner's permit.
This would alert other drivers to give the car some space.

They had 100 printed up in September 2006, requested 500 more in February and now order them by the thousands, Fortenbacher said.
Through their Web site to date, they have sold about 5,000 to customers in 44 states and Canada. They have invested nearly $30,000 and are "close to making a profit," she said.
"It started out as something we needed, and turned into something really cool," Fortenbacher said. "It's been fun. I feel like I'm actually doing something good."
It all began with a near-collision in May 2006.
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Japan has had something similar to this for a long time. They have a green and yellow sticker that is on the car for new drivers. I'm not sure how long it has to be there, but I think it's for the first year of driving. We as Americans were told to stay plenty clear of them, as if we got into an accident with them it was our fault no matter what. It was what we were told anyway, I don't know it that was true, but I never took any chances.
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The UK has had the same for many years as well. It was a Red letter "L" on a white background approximately 8" by 8". If you were caught without it, it was an automatic loss of license (at least that's what I heard)
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we in belgium have a similar thing as in the UK, it is a white L on a blue background. but it is only while training, once you have your driverslicense it is not needed anymore
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As stated above, they do that in a lot of places. I'd never want one on my kids' car - just an alert to cops to try even harder to get them for something.
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