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WEBVTT YOUR PARENTS PROBABLY TOLD YOU.>> NOTHING REALLY GOOD HAPPENSAFTER MIDNIGHT. LACEE: BUT THAT SAYING MAY NEEDAN UPDATE SOON IN MARYLAND. >> I'M A FAN OF SAYING NOW,NOTHING REALLY GOOD HAPPENS TOKIDS AFTER 10:00. LACEE: MONTGOMERY COUNTY POLICECAPTAIN THOMAS DIDONE WENT TOANNAPOLIS SUPPORTING THEPROPOSED BILL BY DELEGATE DAVIDFRASER-HIDALGO TO MOVE THECURFEW FOR DRIVERS UNDER 18 TO10:00. >> LATE AT NIGHT, AFTER 10:00,THE CRASHES THEY'RE INVOLVED INARE MORE SERIOUS, SINGLE VEHICLECRASHES, WHETHER THEY'RE DRIVINGTOO FAST, THEY'RE DRIVINGDISTRACTED. LACEE: ACCORDING TO AAA, THENUMBER OF DEADLY CRASHESINVOLVING YOUNG DRIVERS INMARYLAND HAS GONE UPDRAMATICALLY IN RECENT YEARS, A75% INCREASE IN 2015. >> THE NUMBER ONE, OR ONE OF THENUMBER ONE, CAUSES OF DEATHAMONG YOUNG PEOPLE IS CRASHES.LACEE: ALTHOUGH SOME OPPOSE THECHANGE, AN ANNUAL AAA POLL SHOWSA LOT OF SUPPORT FROM THEPUBLIC. >> 77% OF MARYLAND MOTORISTSACTUALLY SUPPORT HAVING DRIVERSUNDER 18 NOT BE ON THE ROADAFTER 10:00 AT NIGHT. LACEE: CAPTAIN DIDONE SAYS ITMAY BE AN INCONVENIENCE, BUTWORTH IT. >> YES, IT MAY MAKE YOUR LIFEHARDER, BUT YOU LOVE YOUR KIDS,AND HAVING LOST MY OWN SON, IT'SNOTHING THAT YOU WANT TO DEALWITHLACEE: NOTHING WILL CHANGEOVERNIGHT. AFTER THE HEARING TODAY, THECOMMITTEE WILL VOTE.IF IT MOVES ON FROM THERE, ITCOULD EVENTUALLY MOVE ON TO THEFULL SENATE FOR DECISION.

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A 10 p.m. curfew may be in the future for young Maryland drivers. A hearing Thursday afternoon in Annapolis focused on the issue. The goal of the proposed bill is to keep young drivers safer. Currently, drivers under 18 have a midnight curfew. AAA said studies showed nighttime driving restrictions that begin at 10 p.m. or earlier reduce crashes among young drivers. Montgomery County police Capt. Thomas Didone went to Annapolis, supporting the proposed bill by Delegate David Fraser-Hidalgo, to move the curfew for drivers under 18 to 10 p.m. "Late at night, after 10 o'clock, the crashes they're involved in are more serious, single-vehicle crashes, whether they're driving too fast, they're driving distracted," Didone said. According to AAA, the number of deadly crashes involving young drivers in Maryland has gone up dramatically in recent years -- a 75 percent increase in 2015. "The No. 1, or one of the No. 1 causes of death among young people, is crashes," said Ragina Cooper Averell, with AAA Mid-Atlantic. Although some oppose the change, an annual AAA poll showed a lot of support from the public. "Seventy-seven percent of Maryland motorists actually support having drivers under 18 not be on the road after 10 o'clock at night," Averella said. Didone said it may be an inconvenience but worth it. "Yes, it may make your life harder, but you love your kids, and having lost my own son, it's nothing that you want to deal with," Didone said. Nothing will change overnight. After Thursday's hearing, the committee will vote, and if it passes, it could eventually move on to the full Senate for decision.