Safe driving tips for teens, parents, and all drivers
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Welcome to Teendriving.com, a site full of tips to help new drivers. Ryan started this driving website thirteen years ago because kids from his high school in Howard County, Maryland were involved in a lot of accidents--some of them fatal--and we wanted to do something to improve teen driving. As a community service, we've collected safe driving tips that new drivers might find helpful to prevent accidents and are sharing them here.. We've tried to verify each tip with at least two sources. But you should always check this and any other driving advice with your parents, driving school, or local traffic authority.
On teendriving.com you'll find hundreds of safe driving and defensive driving tips from buying a used car or a new car to driving in traffic, driving around school--even tips on parallel parking, buying auto insurance and picking an online driving course including California Drivers Ed online and Florida Drivers Ed online. If you get a ticket, you can take your court order traffic class online. We've recently created a new Parent's center with tips on teaching your teen to drive, and driving contracts. If you're considering buying a GPS monitoring system, read our tips. Join our newsletter list and receive the latest driving tips and news. Check out our list of great gifts for teens and drivers. Send us your tips and comments. Thanks for stopping by--Ryan and Eileen Buckholtz
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Teen Driving in the News: Teaching your Teens to Drive--a free booklet from MetLife AAA study finds that states that have the strictist graduated licening laws for teen drivers have up to a 40% decrease in teen driving accidents and fatalties. Read the press release. There are seven recommended area for the laws and states that have 5 or more of them are seeing the best results. AAA released a study that teens are just as likely to have accidents in the after school times 3:00pm - 5:00pm Monday through Friday as their are on weekend evenings. AAA suggests that parents monitor teen driving during these critical hours. We have a lot of tips on this site--including our teen-parent contract to help teens be safer drivers.. Read the press release. A Johns Hopkins Study has found that the states with the toughest graduated licensing requirements have a 20% reduction in teen fatalities for 16 year old drivers. And states that have graduated licensing have an average of 11% less fatalities for 16 year old teens. Recommendations include 30 hours of supervised driving, night time restrictions, and restrictions on passengers in the car. Read the press release. According to a Virginia Tech and National Highway Transportation Safety Administration study, distracted drivers accounted for 80% of the crashes in their study and 18-20 year olds were 4 times more likely to be involved in accidents. Read more about the study. Also, check our tips for avoiding distractions while driving.
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Connect with Kids, a website and community for parents, has release some great free video segments for teen drivers and their parents.. Parallel parking is one of the most searched on terms on our site. Ryan has collected some new tips for those trying to learn how to parallel park. Be careful when backing up to make sure cars are not trying to pass you (also take caution when passing cars that are parallel parking) Practice with cones or large boxes When parallel parking on the left side of a one way street (or behind a car doing the same), take extra care, as most people are unfamiliar with this process If you are uncomfortable with your angle of approach, pull back out and start over; do not force it. When parking, try and leave the car in front of you space to get out of the spot. If riding with a passenger, it's not a bad idea to have them direct you as it is often difficult to tell how much room you have behind you to another car. When parallel parking upwards on a hill, turn your front wheels to the left and apply the emergency brake. When parallel parking downwards on a hill, turn your front wheels to the right and apply the emergency brake. Sometimes it easier to look for a spot you can pull straight into then try and get your car into a small parallel spot. Your foot should always be on or right near the brake pedal, the gas is not needed. If you are behind a car that is signaling to parallel park, either pass right away or give them plenty of room to operate. |
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Eileen was interviewed by Parentingmyteen.com for a podcast that aired in April. U.S. Food and Drug Administration's consumer education campaign encourages drivers to read the medicine label. Some OTC medicines can cause drowsiness and interfere with a person's ability to drive safely. Check out these link: http://www.fda.gov/cder/consumerinfo/lowDriving.pdf public service announcement http://www.fda.gov/cder/consumerinfo/drivingCheckLow.pdf 
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