                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Friday, May 31, 1996                  TAG: 9605300418
SECTION: AUTO WEEKLY             PAGE: H1   EDITION: FINAL 
SOURCE: By Mary Scully

                                            LENGTH:   32 lines

TEEN DRIVERS GET RULES OF THE ROAD

MEMO: [Complete text of this story can be found on the microfilm for

this date.] ILLUSTRATION: GARY C. KNAPP for The Virginian-Pilot

[Color Photos]

Judge Ronald H. Marks, chief judge of Virginia Beach Juvenile and

Domestic Relations Court, uses the licensing ceremony to speak to

parents and teens about the responsibilities of driving and to hand

out a Driving Contract. All five Virginia Beach judges give the

contract to teens.

GARY C. KNAPP for The Virginian-Pilot

James Merchant, 16, right, a sophmore at Princess Anne High School

in Virginia Beach, and his dad Ken signed the Driving Contract

within 24 hours of recceiving it.

MIKE HEFFNER

The Virginian-Pilot

Rosalinda Sierra, 17, center, searches for her new driver's license

as Court Clerk Yvette Pierce, right, reads off another name from a

stack of licenses. Sierra's mother, Rose, is at left.

KEYWORDS: DRIVERS LICENSE TEENAGERS by CNB