LAKEPORT, Calif. – Teen drivers received some updates from law enforcement this week regarding a new law that will impact them when they get behind the wheel.

On Wednesday afternoon, officers from the Lakeport Police Department and the California Highway Patrol conducted a public awareness driver education operation at the Clear Lake High School campus to raise teen driver awareness regarding the California Vehicle Code restrictions for new drivers during their first year of driving, according to Lakeport Police Sgt. Kevin Odom.

Odom said California law restricts new teenage drivers from transporting passengers under the age of 20 years for the first 12 months of driving.

Officers contacted more than 20 teenage drivers during the operation and provided educational information related to their driving restriction, he said.

The Lakeport Police Department will be taking enforcement action regarding teen driver restriction violation whenever it's discovered, Odom said.

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