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Two new studies reveal that teen crashes and risky driving behaviors such as cell phone use, failure to wear seat belts, and drinking and driving are strongly linked with the way teens and parents communicate and approach rules about safety. GET THE COMPLETE STORY at TheAutoChannel.com.
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It’s the day many parents anticipate with nervous energy – the day their teen gets behind the wheel on their own for the first time.
According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, the crash rate per mile driven by 16 to 19 year olds is four times that of older drivers. As a result, every year more than 5,000 teen deaths occur from car crashes.
There are steps parents can take to make their teen a safer driver. A car is not a toy and it’s important to reinforce that a vehicle is for transportation, not for social enjoyment. Also, teens should know the dangers of becoming distracted by cell phones, stereos, and passengers.
While your auto insurance rates go up when you add your teen to your policy, there are things that will help keep the costs down. Many insurance companies offer “good student discounts” if the teen driver maintains a certain grade point average and there may be discounts for completing safety programs.
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Proper following distance in an automobile allows you to stop before hitting the car in front of you. Learn defensive driving skills from a professional instructor in this free education video.
Expert: Doug Harvey
Bio: Former sheriff Doug Harvey has been administering a state driving test for 10 years. He has also taught truck driving school.
Filmmaker: Travis Waack
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Discussion of the problem of teenage drinking and driving, made in cooperation with the Yale Center of Alcohol Studies. 3 college men, one doing no drinking, one drinking beer and one drinking heavily are studied. Results are compared to effects of equivalent amounts in rats. Depicts an accidents resulting from only casual drinking before driving. Shows rat experiments, teenagers drinking in bar and dancing, and alludes to death of one couple because of driving while intoxicated. Producer: Centron Corporation. Young drivers are a high-risk group, partially because they are young and just learning the rules, but that is not the only reason. Young drivers often think they are invincible; that the crashes caused by teenage drinking and driving reported on the news will never happen to them. According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, the youngest drivers are less likely to drive after drinking, but are more likely to crash when they do, because of inexperience with both alcohol and driving and the combination of the two. In 2003, 27 percent of 16-20-year-old passenger vehicle drivers fatally injured in crashes had high BACs (0.08 percent or more). The percentage of high BACs was much lower among females (13 percent) than among males (33 percent), and also was lower among 16-17-year-old drivers (16 percent) than among 18-19-year-old (30 percent) or 20-year-old (35 percent) drivers. In many high schools, students come face to face with the effects of teenage drinking and driving, with presentations from groups like Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), or Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD). These education programs help to raise awareness. The federal government has taken steps in the past decade to bring attention to the issue, and there are consequences for young drivers charged with drinking and driving. In many states, a teenager will lose their license for a period of a year or longer if they are convicted of driving while intoxicated. On November 28, 1995, President Clinton signed legislation that included a provision forcing states to adopt and enforce a “zero tolerance” policy against teenage drinking and driving. Since that legislation’s inception, “zero tolerance” policies have been criticized, saying that such policies are unfair because they may unfairly punish an innocent teenager who may be driving an intoxicated friend home or because they are in the same area as a teen who has been drinking. It seems that zero tolerance policies may not be all bad however. According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, studies of zero tolerance laws indicate they reduce crashes in [the 13-19] age group. A study of 12 states passing zero tolerance laws reported a 20 percent reduction in the proportion of fatal crashes that were single-vehicle nighttime events (crashes likely to involve alcohol impairment) among drivers ages 15-20. Alcohol and a teenage driver is a very dangerous combination, one that may be avoided through parental involvement and education. Keywords: Substance abuse: Alcohol; Car culture: Youth; Safety: Automotive; Alcoholism drinking colleges students men boys rats experiments laboratories safety accidents mourning grief. Alcohol Safety films Safety education Drunk driving Teenagers Bars Roadhouses Automobiles (accidents) Accidents (automobiles) Lawrence, Kansas (history and culture) Restaurants Rats Scientists Research Experiments Chemistry Danger Death Danger Lurks Safety. Creative Commons license: Public Domain.
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Make sure to leave plenty of space between yourself and the car in front when turning right. Learn defensive driving skills from a professional instructor in this free education video.
Expert: Doug Harvey
Bio: Former sheriff Doug Harvey has been administering a state driving test for 10 years. He has also taught truck driving school.
Filmmaker: Travis Waack
Duration : 0:1:7