SENNETT -- There might be a speeding ticket or a stiff police warning over irresponsible driving that your teenager never told you about.

But a new voluntary notification program of Cayuga County law enforcement officials' traffic stops adds a way for guardians to keep track of driving privilege abuse. The program was officially launched Wednesday during a gathering at the Cayuga County Public Safety Building organized by Cayuga County Sheriff Rob Outhouse.

Parents or other guardians voluntarily register a motor vehicle with the Cayuga County Sheriff's Office that is operated by anyone under the age of 21. A stop sign-shaped decal with a unique identification number is affixed to the windshield above the vehicle inspection and registration and alerts an officer to the car's registration in the Sheriffs Telling Our Parents and Promoting Educated Drivers (STOPPED) program.

Parents will be notified by telephone, e-mail or snail mail about the time and location of the traffic stop, the driver's name and numbers of passengers, reason for the stop and whether any traffic tickets were issued.

For more on this story, please read Thursday's edition of The Citizen.