{"id":238641,"date":"2026-03-27T04:00:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T04:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/238641\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T04:00:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T04:00:31","slug":"chp-buttonwilow-to-host-free-start-smart-teen-driver-safety-class-on-april-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/238641\/","title":{"rendered":"CHP Buttonwilow to host free Start Smart teen driver safety class on April 14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Teen drivers and their families will have a chance to sharpen their skills and learn how to stay safe on the road at an upcoming Start Smart class at the CHP Buttonwillow office.<\/p>\n<p>The next Start Smart class is scheduled for Tuesday, April 14, 2026, at 6 p.m. at the CHP Buttonwillow office, located at 29449 Stockdale Highway.<\/p>\n<p>Start Smart is a free, two-hour class offered to current and prospective teenage drivers and their parents and guardians. The class covers safe driving habits, the consequences of a poor choice behind the wheel, and tips on how to avoid a crash.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers say parents and teens will be more aware, educated and better prepared to handle the stress of a new driver.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>To register, call the CHP Buttonwillow office at (661) 679-0300. Space is limited.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Teen drivers and their families will have a chance to sharpen their skills and learn&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":223325,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-238641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238641\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}