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The Teen Driving Experience

A guide for parents and their teen drivers, from speaking with your child about the dangers of driving to teaching them the difference between the brake and the accelerator.

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Are You a Distracted Driver?

Whether it's texting or scarfing down a meal, we're all guilty of driving while distracted. But just how distracted are you?

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Creating a Safe Driver

Parent-Teen Contract

Some GDL laws are insufficient, causing parents to sign parent-teen driving contracts with their children.

Safe Driver Technology

Look at safe driving tech for teens including blind-spot monitoring and forward-collision warnings.

Choosing a Safe Car

Audis, Volvos, Cadillacs, Lexuses, and Jeeps have the lowest rates of injuries in teen driver accidents.

The Dangers of Teen Driving

Speeding

43 percent of drivers ages 16 to 18 admit to speeding.

Distracted Driving

90 percent of drivers ages 18 to 24 talk on the phone while driving, while 80 percent text.

High Crash Rates

16-year-olds are more likely to get into any kind of crash by 45 percent and fatal crashes by 32 percent.

Teen Driving Laws

Graduated Driver Licensing Restrictions

Most states impose restrictions on whom your teen can drive with, when they can drive, and how they can use electronic devices while driving, if at all.

Rules of the Road

While you can’t study for your child, you can help them along the way, quizzing them and making sure they get a good breakfast on the mornings of their written, visual, and road exams.

Car Insurance Requirements

You’ll have to add your teenager to your car insurance policy, making sure they are covered under your state’s requirements at a minimum.

Keeping Your Emotions in Check

“First, [driving] is a normal step your teens are taking, and you need to trust them. Babying a teen when they are learning to drive is what can often cause them to ‘rebel’ by not being as careful as they should be.”- Rachel Fink, mother of young adults ages 27, 25, 21, 19, and 17.