| Illinois car accident lawyers see it all the time. Families | | | | When he/she does get home, talk with him/her to |
| come into the office seeking revenge for the loss of | | | | make sure there are not any signs of drinking, such as: |
| their family member because of a teen that decided to | | | | slurred speech, problems focusing with the eyes, |
| drink and drive. Illinois injury lawyers will protect the | | | | swaying, etc. |
| injured, but also would like to avoid this tragic lawsuit in | | | | • Don’t let your teen stay overnight with |
| the first place. | | | | people you do not know. |
| If you are the parent of a teen driver, you have likely | | | | • Offer to pick up your teen if he/she ever |
| given the speech about how they should never drink | | | | feels he/she cannot drive. |
| and drive. Sadly, your one speech is simply not enough | | | | • Nearly 50% of teens who die in car |
| to deter your teen from drinking and driving. Your child | | | | accidents are the passengers. Make sure your teen |
| is at an age where peer pressure is very influential in | | | | understands that no matter where he/she is that you |
| his/her life, and your words are not as strong as the | | | | will pick him/her up if the driver is drunk. |
| group of kids cheering your son or daughter on to | | | | The most effective tool for preventing teen drunk |
| binge drink. | | | | driving, as well as any teen issue, is the relationship you |
| Don’t make the mistake of thinking that your child | | | | have with your son or daughter. Start to develop a |
| would never drink and drive. It does not matter how | | | | bond with your child from a very young age. This bond |
| “perfect” your child is or how popular your child | | | | will help when he/she is faced with the pressures of |
| is, it only takes that one time. Just one talk is not | | | | his/her peers. This is an ongoing process that must |
| going to do the trick. You need to develop a plan that | | | | start early on in life. |
| will actually be instilled in their day to day life. | | | | Illinois accident lawyers never want to have to defend |
| Tips to help parents instill in their teens the dangers of | | | | a family that has lost a family member because a |
| drunk driving, and to help prevent the opportunity for | | | | teen made that tragic decision to give into the peer |
| teens to make that decision. | | | | pressures of life and get behind the wheel drunk. It is |
| • Never allow underage drinking. Some | | | | tragic for an Illinois car accident lawyer to have to file a |
| parents think that allowing them to do it at home will | | | | case against a teen because he has made a split |
| prevent them from drinking and driving. This is not only | | | | second decision that would affect the rest of his life |
| illegal, but will backfire. | | | | and can end another person’s life. |
| • Always know exactly where your child is | | | | Start early and pay attention. Be involved in their lives |
| going and when he/she will be home. | | | | and make rules that will be enforced. There is no |
| • Know who your teen’s friends are and | | | | way to make the decision for them. All you can do as |
| how they will be getting to where they are going. | | | | a parent is surround them with love and make them |
| • Set curfews and enforce them. Do not go | | | | take responsibilities for their actions. This way they |
| to bed until your teen has walked through that door. | | | | understand the consequences of drinking and driving. |