Teen Curfew Law

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Teen Curfew Law
Civic Action Project

• Andrea M. and Natalie S.

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Illinois Current Curfew

• Sunday-Thursdays the curfew is 10 p.m. - 6 a.m.
• On Fridays and Saturdays the curfew is 11 p.m. -
  6 a.m.
• If you are driving past curfew then your license
  is considered invalid.
•  If you are ticketed for a curfew violation your
  license or permit may be suspended.

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Other States Curfews

• New York does not have a curfew.
• Michigan Midnight- 5am.
• Iowa If your 16 or 17, you can not drive after
  1230
• Ohio The curfew is from 1-6 a.m.

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Problems with Illinois Current Curfew

• Causes accidents due to student speeding to get
  home
• Some work hours require students to be out past
  their curfew.
• If there is a need to make a late night errand
  for a loved one that is not able to, were not
  able to legally do that.

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Changes We Would like to make to the Current
Curfew

• We think that the curfew should be pushed back an
  hour on both weekdays and weekends.
• We would like to modify the existing policy, and
  have the law changed by summer 2010.
• We feel like changing the curfew will limit the
  number of accidents caused by speeding.

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City Curfew Changes

• Through research we found that the curfew in the
  state of Illinois is 12am. Due to this research
  we realized to keep this a city issue the latest
  we could extend our curfew to is 12am. If we
  extended it past this time, we would be
  addressing a state not city issue.

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Evidence of Later Curfew Having Positive Results

• Michigan Overall crash risk for 16 year-olds was
  reduced by 25 in 1999 compared to 1996.  Risk of
  a night-time crash was 53 lower in 1999 vs. 1996
  while risk of a crash during daytime hours was
  24 lower (net 29 reduction in risk attributed
  to nighttime restrictions)

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Constitutional Proof

• One possible perspective on curfew laws is their
  effects on the rights of young people and their
  families. Teenagers and young children are
  recognized as citizens by the Fourteenth
  Amendment, which states that
• -All persons born or naturalized in the United
  States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof,
  are citizens of the United States and of the
  State wherein they reside. No State shall make or
  enforce any law which shall abridge the
  privileges or immunities of citizens of the
  United States nor shall any State deprive any
  person of life, liberty, or property, without due
  process of law nor deny to any person within its
  jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
  (Constitution)

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Outcome of an unmodified curfew

• If this curfew is not modified we predict that
  there will be
• - More accidents as a result of speeding
• -Teens will continue to be dishonest and find
  new, alternative, unsafe, ways to rebel against
  there parents.
• -Insurance rates will continue to go up due to
  the number of accidents increasing.

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Who to Contact

• Wheaton City Hall, 630-260-2000
• Address 303 W. Wesley St.
• Mailing Address P.O. Box 727, Wheaton, IL 60187
• Hours of Operation 830 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-
  Friday

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How to become an effective citizen

• Two skills of effective citizens How to follow
  the laws, research government policies.
• Two attitudes of effective citizens Want a
  better America, Have personal beliefs.
• Two areas of knowledge of an effective citizen
  Current events, foreign affairs.
• Two actions of effective citizens protesting,
  discuss issues.

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How we became effective citizens

• Through the civic action project we were able to
  exchange our ideas with others on a specific
  issue. Through collaborative research we were
  able to put all of our ideas and others ideas in
  use to make a difference or at least put the word
  out there about our issue with the teen curfew.