Apparatus and method for promoting new driver awareness
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- at least one selectively removable indicia-bearing new driver notification device, said at least one selectively removable indicia-bearing new driver notification device being configured to be removably affixed to a motor vehicle, said at least one selectively removably indicia-bearing new driver notification device bearing at least one indicia indicating at least one of the presence, status or proficiency level of a new driver.
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Abstract
An integrated new driver awareness program is jointly implemented by identifying new drivers and enlisting the organizations that interact most frequently with new drivers to assist in a coordinated educational effort, both for the new drivers and other drivers on the road. By visually identifying new driver'"'"'s vehicles with a series of indicia and making other drivers on the roads more aware of the new driver'"'"'s presence, status, and and/or proficiency level, the number of debilitating automobile accidents can be reduced. In the most preferred embodiment of the present invention, one or more visual indicators are affixed to the exterior and/or interior of a new driver'"'"'s vehicle to alert other drivers that a new driver is operating a vehicle on the road.
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20 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
at least one selectively removable indicia-bearing new driver notification device, said at least one selectively removable indicia-bearing new driver notification device being configured to be removably affixed to a motor vehicle, said at least one selectively removably indicia-bearing new driver notification device bearing at least one indicia indicating at least one of the presence, status or proficiency level of a new driver. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An apparatus comprising:
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a vehicle, said vehicle comprising an exterior surface;
a new driver operating said motor vehicle;
three selectively removable indicia-bearing new driver notification devices, each of said three selectively removable indicia-bearing new driver notification devices being removably affixed to said exterior surface of said motor vehicle, wherein each of said three selectively removable indicia-bearing new driver notification devices comprises at least one of a new driver presence indicator, a new driver status indicator, a new driver proficiency indicator. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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- 14. A method comprising step of affixing at least one selectively removable indicia-bearing new driver notification device to a vehicle, said at least one selectively removable indicia-bearing new driver notification device bearing at least one indicia indicating at least one of the presence, status or proficiency level of a new driver.
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19. A method comprising the steps of:
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affiliating with a sponsoring organization;
affixing at least one selectively removable indicia-bearing new driver notification device to a vehicle when a new driver is preparing to operate said vehicle;
operating said vehicle with said at least one selectively removable indicia-bearing new driver notification device affixed to a vehicle to indicate at least one of the presence, status or proficiency level of a new driver operating said vehicle;
removing said at least one selectively removable indicia-bearing new driver notification device from said vehicle when said new driver is finished operating said vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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Specification