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Safe Teen Driving
Inexperience
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New Teen Driver Risks
When teens first earn their license
– New sense of freedom
– Very exciting time
– Very dangerous time
– 30 times more likely to be in a crash after
transition from supervised driving to
unsupervised driving.
– Only way to learn how to drive is to
actually drive
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Inexperience Leads to Mistakes
Contributing factors include:
Driver Error
– Accounts for majority of crashes
– In the first year following licensure, teens
have the highest risk of crash per mile
driven
– Teens have problems with roadway
scanning, judging gaps and identifying
potential hazards
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Night time Driving
– 40% of fatal crashes happen at night
– Most before midnight
– It is more challenging to drive in the dark
and teens are inexperienced
– Make sure your teen is fully rested before
driving
– Set a limit to not drive after 9pm without
an adult driver in the vehicle
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Young Passengers
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– For 16 & 17 year olds the risk of fatal
crash increases 44% with one young
passenger in the vehicle
– This risk doubles with two young
passengers and
– Risk quadruples with three or more young
passengers
– NSC recommends no teen passengers
– Many states ban teen passengers during
restricted license period
Speeding
– More than one third of all young male
driver fatalities involve speeding.
– Many crashes occur because the driver
was driving too fast for the situation
– Remind young drivers to follow speed
limits, and adjust speed for weather and
traffic conditions
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Impaired Driving
– Nearly one-fifth of 16 & 17 year olds killed
in crashes had been drinking
– One drink can impair a driver’s abilities
– It is illegal under age 21
– Remind young drivers to never drink and
drive!
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Seat Belts
– More than half of young drivers killed in
crashes were not wearing seat belts.
– Using a seat belt can reduce the risk of
death or serious injuries in a crash by
approximately 50%
– Require young drivers to buckle up on
every trip, no matter the distance
– The simplest way to prevent car crash
deaths is to buckle up!
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Distracted Driving
• Cell Phone Use
– 4 times more likely to be in a crash
– It doesn’t matter if hand-held or handsfree. Both are a crash risk!
• Texting
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– Most teen drivers admit to texting while
driving
– Texting while driving increases risk of a
crash by at least 8 times.
What Parents Can Do
– Supervise your teen driving on a variety of
roads at different times of day and in
varied weather and traffic conditions, even
after they have earned their license.
– Complete a parent-teen driver agreement
with your teen. One can be found at:
http://www.cdc.gov/ParentsAreTheKey/pdf
/Parent_Teen_Driving_Agreement-a.pdf
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Be a Good Role Model
• Parents and caregivers should practice
these suggestions as well
• This will reinforce the importance of
these messages with your teen
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Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, under contract number
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Who is NSC?
Our Mission:
The National Safety Council saves lives
by preventing injuries and deaths at
work, in homes and communities,
and on the roads through leadership,
research, education and advocacy.
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