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IIHS Safety Video For Teen Drivers Preview


Arlington Virgina February 24, 2006; Crash rates for young beginning drivers are much higher than for older drivers. This videotape listens to 16 year-olds tell why they want their driver's licenses and what driving means to them. Parents of teenagers who died in crashes tell how the tragedies happened and how their families have been affected.

The focus is on ways to reduce the crashes by limiting higher risk driving by beginning 16 year-olds. Graduated licensing laws on the books in most states are helping to do this, but parents should introduce their own restrictions — limit the hours teenagers are allowed to drive unsupervised and limit passengers (especially other teens) in the car with a teenage driver. Parents also have to make sure the beginning drivers in their families get plenty of supervision behind the wheel. These measures can save lives while teenagers learn to drive and become more mature.

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