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But in Florida, where driving is a necessity throughout even the biggest and busiest cities in the state, the safety of teen drivers is a different story. Florida ranked in 33rd place overall on ...
A report ranks Missouri one of the worst states in the country for teen driver safety, after looking at factors such as driving laws, crash rates and distracted driving and texting laws.
Generation. Average annual young driver fatalities. Average fatal crash involvement rate per 100k licensed drivers. Gen X (1994-1995) 3,399. 67.6. Millennials (1996-2011)
Violent crime rate per 100k population by state (2023) [1] This is a list of U.S. states and territories by violent crime rate. It is typically expressed in units of incidents per 100,000 individuals per year; thus, a violent crime rate of 300 (per 100,000 inhabitants) in a population of 100,000 would mean 300 incidents of violent crime per year in that entire population, or 0.3% out of the total.
The Teen Driver Challenge (TDC) sponsored by the Florida Sheriffs Association (FSA) is a 12-hour course presented to students over a two-day period, ideally with a 5-to-1 student-to-instructor ratio. The course will provide students with the knowledge and hands-on experience to reduce their chances of being involved in a crash.
Support for National Teen Driver Safety Week has grown, and the media coverage for this initiative has been overwhelming. Celebrities, including singer/songwriter Jesse McCartney, racecar driver Zach Veach and television personality Oprah Winfrey, [7] have formally endorsed the week, and U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood [8] acknowledged distracted driving as an epidemic, calling for ...
A Missouri family has been awarded $310 million in damages after their 14-year-old son was killed riding a freefall amusement park ride in Florida in 2022.
The Teens in the Driver Seat (TDS) program is a peer-to-peer safety program for young drivers. More than 350 schools in Texas now have active TDS programs in place, and TDS has also become active in high schools in 28 states, with a junior high school program available in Georgia, Nebraska, Texas, and Washington. [1]