Synopsis:
My 16yr. old daughter Kelly is learning to drive in Bergen County NJ, where drivers routinely ignore STOP signs and “right-of-way” traffic law. The tone of the film will be both tongue-in-cheek and serious in nature. The overall theme of the project is a quest (actually, a double quest). The first quest is to find out why Bergen County Drivers disregard traffic law. The second quest is to follow Kelly Mermelstein as she attempts to get her driver’s license combined with her dilemma of mastering the by-the-book/law method of driving that is required to obtain her driver’s license vs. the reality of the Bergen County method of driving and its accepted disregard of traffic law.

Crew:
Producer & Director: Bruce Mermelstein
Director of Photography: Bruce Mermelstein, Rafael Nunez