| * 14% of all deaths due to motor vehicle accidents are | | | | Teen drivers are more likely than older drivers to be |
| teen drivers. | | | | the cause of their accidents. That is based on facts |
| * Most teen driver deaths due to motor vehicle | | | | pointing to high rates of teen accidents involving one |
| accidents occur on weekends 53% of the time. | | | | vehicle. |
| * Teen drivers killed in motor vehicle accidents had a | | | | Immaturity is a contributing factor to the high rate of |
| youth passenger in automobile 45% of the time. | | | | auto crashes and deaths among teenagers. For |
| * Of teen drivers fatally injured in automobiles, more | | | | instance, tailgating and not using safety belts are |
| than 1/3 were speed related accidents. | | | | misjudgments teens make more than older drivers. |
| * Teen lifestyle of staying up late make teen drivers a | | | | Making matters worse are teen tendencies to drive |
| high risk to have an automobile accident due to | | | | small vehicles. Automobile crash and fatality statistics |
| drowsiness. | | | | point to small vehicles not protecting passengers as |
| * More than any age group, teens are likely to be | | | | well as mid-size or large vehicles in front end crashes. |
| involved in a single vehicle crash. | | | | Rounding out the problem teenagers face as new |
| * On the basis of current population trends, there will | | | | drivers is lack of driving skill or inexperience |
| be 23% more 16-20- year-old drivers on the road in | | | | behind-the-wheel. Thrown together, they help explain |
| 2010 than there are today -- 26.1 million. | | | | teenagers' alarming accident and fatality rates in motor |
| * This age group makes up 7% of licensed drivers, but | | | | vehicles. |
| suffers 14% of fatalities and 20% of all reported | | | | In today's world, there is a way for parents to monitor |
| accidents. | | | | and help protect their teens. Global Positioning Systems |
| * The 16-year-old population alone will increase from | | | | (GPS) now gives parents an affordable way to |
| 3.5 million to over 4 million by 2010. | | | | monitor their teen's driving habits. It's not an invasion of |
| Many factors contribute to the cause of teen deaths in | | | | their teen's privacy, it's a matter of being a parent and |
| motor vehicles. Looking at the causes, it's not hard to | | | | doing all that you can to protect your teen. With a |
| see why teen accident and death rates are higher | | | | GPS system, Peace of Mind is Only a Click Away! |
| than older drivers'. | | | | |