Cheap Teen Auto Insurance -- Stuff Kids Can Do

By Chimezirim Odimba

You now have a teenager who is asking to start driving. While this should be a joyful moment, many parents remember it with some mixed feelings. Apart from safety concerns (we all know that teen driver statistics are far from pleasant), there are also money issues. Could you imagine the additional cost of gas? As if that wasn't tough enough, this teen driver could drive up your rate by as much as 200%. Are there tips that can help you pay a lot less. Good a thing, there are several. Here are those steps...

I'll just reel out a good number of tips before dwelling on just one...

1. Let your kid pay at least part of the bill if they must drive. If you do this, you'll find that your teen will be more like to take any advice from you that will help them drive down their payments (And such usually keep them safer too).

2. Make him/her a secondary driver on your oldest car (Such a car should be ok without comprehensive and collision coverage).

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3. Don't allow your teen to learn driving from fellow teens. If they've done that, let them upgrade their driving skills at a certified defensive driving center. Auto insurance providers have a favorable bias to teens that do this.

4. Encourage your teen to take his/her studies seriously. Good grades will drive down their rate. Insurers believe their is a correlation between recklessness and poor grades.

5. Let your teen use a car that has a high safety rating.

6. Let them use the public mass transit whenever they can. This reduces their total mileage and, by extension, their premium. This is without counting the precious dollars you'd save on gas.

7. Teens grew up with the internet and so are usually very good at finding their way around it. Therefore, put them to good use...

More often than NOT, your teen will more gladly shop for auto insurance quotes from a wide range of insurers. Don't they have more time on their hands than you do?

Let them know that you're looking for the best rate that also gives you the right protection. They should be encouraged to get quotes from NOT less than five sites.

Tell them to pick out the very best five or so quotes. Take some time out to see their shortlist and pick which gives you the best price/value. This simple action will save you several hundreds in premium dollars. - 21393

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