Learn to Drive: National Youth Traffic Safety Month
Sadly, automobile crashes continue to be the #1 cause of death and injuries for teens in the U.S. Many of these crashes are preventable.
Sadly, automobile crashes continue to be the #1 cause of death and injuries for teens in the U.S. Many of these crashes are preventable.
Many parents are encouraging their teens to wait until 18 to learn to drive but is that really the best approach? The answer is simple.
It bothers me when people fight new laws just for the sake of it. Some laws are really there to save lives and isn’t that a good thing?
Teens can learn to drive by enrolling in a driving school. The “3 Keys to Keeping Your Teen Alive” Program encourages teens to learn to drive with a professional instructor. But parents are also needed to reinforce the lessons through structured practice with their teens.
Learning how to drive a car from an instructor is a good start but parents must provide additional practice if their teen is to learn to drive safely.
Nearly 80 percent of crashes and 65 percent of near-crashes involved some form of driver inattention within three seconds before the event
Teens must learn to drive while avoiding distractions. The CDC found the UK has fewer distracted teen drivers. They learn to drive and avoid distractions.
If you have a teen trying to learn to drive (or a teen who will be learning to drive soon) take advantage of the “Alive at 25” Parent Program by Midas.
Seatbelts can serve other purposes
Teens may learn to drive safely but to stay safe their car must also be in safe condition. It’s is one less thing for teens learning to drive to worry about.
You may not want your teen to learn to drive until they’re 25! But f you delay teaching how to drive a car you’ll lose most of your impact as coach and monitor.
When teens learn to drive some think it’s cool not wearing seatbelts. But 1 in 10 teens who learn to drive this year will have a potentially fatal crash.
Teens start learning how to drive a car by watching their parents for examples on how it’s done. If teens are to learn to drive safely parents must do it first.
If you drive, it’s your responsibility to stay sober and get all your passengers home safely.
You need two hands on the wheel. Eating and drinking are distractions that take your mind off driving and at least one hand off the wheel.
Teens learning how to drive a car have grown up with cell phones. Parents must use their authority to have their teen learn to drive without a cell phone.
Teens need to learn how to drive a car without calling or texting. A new app gives parents control of a cell phone so their teen will learn to drive without it.
As teens learn to drive it is important to recognize sources of distractions. When learning how to drive a car teens must be trained to remove distractions.
In the first year of driving teens have the greatest risk of crashing. Making a habit of wearing a seatbelt as you learn to drive may save you in a crash.
Teens should learn to drive in the safest car possible. Since they normally learn to drive in the family car it should have all the latest safety features.
Teens Learn to Drive is a Canadian non-profit organization focused on reducing death and serious injury on the roads.
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