In light of the recent National Teen Driver Safety Week, we think it would be a good time to highlight some interesting – and tragic – facts regarding the incidence and causes of teen driver accidents in the U.S. While this information about teen driver accidents may be distressing for parents of teen motorists, it’s also crucial to pinpointing ways to start reducing these accidents to make the roads safer and to save lives.
These facts about teen driver accidents show just how often negligence and bad choices are involved in causing these collisions. Call us for help after car accidents.
While any number of different things may divert teen motorists’ attention from the task of driving, the number one cause of distracted driving among teen drivers these days is use of cellphones, including texting while driving. In fact, the numbers regarding texting while driving are harrowing. As the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reports:
Interestingly, when teen motorists drive their teenage friends around, the risk of distraction and a car accident shoots up considerably. In fact, as the NHTSA reports, teen driver accidents are about 2.5 times more likely to occur when even just one teen passenger is in the vehicle. In the event that two or more teen passengers are riding with teen motorists, the risk of teen driver accidents increases by more than three times.
Although many states have graduated driver licensing laws that restrict (or possibly even prohibit) new teen drivers from driving only with other teens in the vehicle, it’s also important for parents to enforce this to ensure that:
For more important information about teen driver accidents, be sure to look for the upcoming second and third parts of this blog series!
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