Transcript Safe Teen Driving Distractions

Safe Teen Driving
Distractions
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Risk
• Motor vehicle crashes are the #1 cause
of death among teens in the U.S.
• Teens are at substantially higher risk of
crash than older drivers
• Research shows teens lack
experience, judgement, and maturity to
assess risky situations
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Distractions
• Distracted driving is considered driving
while anything takes your attention
away from the task of driving, inside or
outside of the vehicle
• Distractions increase a teen’s risk of
being in a crash
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Distractions
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Cell phone use: talking, texting, apps
Adjusting the radio
Eating
Grooming
Reading
Young passengers
Young Passengers
• Research shows that young
passengers increase the risk of fatal
crashes for teen drivers
• Each additional passenger adds to the
risk
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Young Passengers
• Teen drivers may overestimate their
driving abilities
• Young passengers may influence risktaking behaviors
• Attention and decision-making can be
affected with young passengers
present
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Cell Phone Use
• Many young drivers incorrectly believe
talking on a cell phone makes no
difference on their driving but texting or
email does
• Talking on hand-held or hands-free
devices are both crash risks
• Drivers have slower reaction times and
can miss seeing up to half the
information in the roadway
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Cell Phone Use
• 73% of drivers this age reported texting
while driving
• Young drivers 18 to 20 years old report
highest level of phone involvement at
the time of crash or near-crash
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Recommendations
• Parents can help by role modeling safe
driving behavior every time they drive
• Complete a parent-teen driving
agreement that sets driving limits and
consequences
• Enforce the agreement
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Additional Recommendations
• Don’t do anything, but drive. Put away
phones and limit passengers
• Remind your teen to follow speed limits
& adjust for weather/ traffic conditions
• Remind your teen to maintain safe
distances from vehicles around them
• Emphasize the importance of scanning
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Additional Resources
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www.cdc.gov/ParentsAreTheKey
http://distracteddriving.nsc.org
www.nhtsa.gov
www.distraction.gov
www.driveithome.org
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Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, under contract number
200-2012-M-52649.
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