Parents may have a tremendous impact on their teens safety,” said Robert L. Darbelnet, president and CEO of AAA. “Teen Driver Safety Week offers a potential for parents to focus on teen driver safety and take practical steps that can reduce teen driver crashes. AAA made a list often things parents can perform to keep their teen drivers safe throughout the year.
Not every teen are prepared to drive at the same age. Teenagers mature, develop emotionally and turn into responsible at different ages Parents have to truly know their teen to be able to determine when their teen is prepared to drive. Teen drivers' likelihood of crashing increase with every additional teen passenger. Parents need to ensure they are fully aware who is driving making use of their teen at all times. Teen crash rates spike at night and most night time crashes occur between 9p.m. and midnight. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Parents’ driving behavior directly influences the driving actions of their teens. defensive driving course or safe driving course Studies have discovered that, while using the heavy amount of collisions and traffic tickets as criteria, the mother and father of teens involved in crashes were more likely to have poor driving records than the parents of collision-free teens.
Driving can be a risky activity for teens and warrants professional instruction. It is important for parents to find a driving school with current curricula and professionally trained instructors. Supervised driving sessions with parents can offer teens with possibilities to enhance learning, reinforce proper driving techniques and skills, and receive constructive feedback from those who care most regarding their safety and success. Safe driving consulting provides a parent coaching program called Teaching Your Teens to Generate, to help parents. Teens need about nine hours of sleep every night, but many teens fall short due to the combination of early-morning school start times and homework, sports, after-school jobs and other activities.
Lack of sleep negatively affects vision, hand-eye coordination, reaction time and judgment. As the family member most likely to crash, a teen should drive the safest vehicle the family owns. Things to consider are vehicle type (sedans are generally safer than sports cars, SUVs and pickup trucks), size (larger vehicles fare better in crashes than smaller vehicles) and safety technology (front and side air bags, anti-lock brakes and stability control systems. Driving too slowly can be more dangerous than driving a little faster than the posted limit. In a high-density situation, with many others vehicles sharing the road, a dawdler creates what amounts to a rolling roadblock. Traffic snarls; motorists jockey for position -- the smooth flow of cars is interrupted.
