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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 ...
Impact Teen Drivers sends free teaching materials to high schools, driving schools, law enforcement agencies, and other interested parties. Teaching materials are also available free online. Impact Teen Drivers creates an online social network through Twitter and Facebook .
According to the Governors Highway Safety Association, 48 states ban texting while driving, 24 banned all handheld devices while driving and 37 states plus Washington, D.C., ban all cell phone use ...
Statistics show an estimated 17.6 percent of fatal car crashes between 2017 and 2021 involved a drowsy driver (AAA Foundation). The majority of drowsy-driving crashes happen between midnight and 6 ...
Washington ranked as the second best state for teen drivers, in a recent study. Here’s what to know and how to keep your teens safe. Teens have highest risk of dying on the road.
[45] The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety released polling data in 2009 that showed 87% of people consider texting and e-mailing while driving a "very serious" safety threat, almost equivalent to the 90% of those polled who consider drunk driving a threat. Despite the acknowledgement of the dangers of texting behind the wheel, about half of ...
American teens seem to be waiting longer than ever to drive. The share of teenagers with driver’s licenses in the 16-19 age group declined from 64 percent in 1995 to just under 40 percent in ...
In the UK, a full driving licence can be had at age 17, and most areas in the United States will issue a full driver's license at the age of 16, and all within a range between 14 and 18. [98] In addition to being relatively inexperienced, teen drivers are also cognitively immature, compared to adult drivers. [99]