http://qui.live.mediaspanonlinen.com/rss/ Quincy Herald Whig en-us TEEN drivers in Illinois have longer life expectancies thanks to tougher standards for drivers licenses. Starting in 2008, teens were required to log more hours of practice behind the steering wheel before getting their licenses. In addition, the state put limits on the number of young passengers allowed in vehicles driven by teens. During the first nine months of 2007 there were 127 teen fatalities statewide. This year the number of deaths had fallen to 60. Another statistic on fatal crashes in Illinois shows that 32 drivers between the ages of 16 and 19 died during the first nine months of 2009. That is down from 69 drivers in the same age group in 2007. http://qui.live.mediaspanonline.com/new_story/Editorial----FRI2009-11-06T05-33-01