It's the legal process that allows a minor to assume responsibility for their own welfare. When a child becomes emancipated, their parents are no longer legally obligated to support the child. In some states, emancipation is automatic in certain circumstances, even though the minor is under the age of majority.

Here are some road safety rules you should stick to whenever you are driving to ensure your safety and that of the other road users: - Always keep to the left and allow the other vehicles coming in the opposite direction to pass. - Always slow down at turnings or bends. - Endeavor to know and obey traffic lights. - Do not drink while driving.

Pedestrians must obey traffic laws, but you must be ready to protect them if they do not. Right-of-way at controlled crosswalks Pedestrians must yield the right-of-way to drivers at an intersection when instructed to do so, if the movement of traffic is controlled by traffic lights or a traffic control officer.