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Saturday, September 19, 2009

Proper Education For Careless Teenage Drivers

By Marc Marseille

Teen driving causes large troubles for for parents internationally as there are several incidents of teenage crashes and casualties on the road. The obligatory thing here to do is to try and understand the reasons for these accidents and bring in the required alterations to avoid such crashes in the future. The areas to center on would be the cutback in exposure to dangerous situations, modification of risk taking behavior, and providing sufficient education to the teen to improve their driving ability.

The transformation in law to amplify the driving age from 16 to 18 years is not the answer to this challenge. This will only impact the Automobile industry and its interrelated service sectors. It will be a large blow to manufacturers, driving trainers, gas companies, and insurance agents. There will be a quick drop in profits for the manufacturers as well as the insurance agents due to the change of law.

It is essential to teach the teenagers regarding driving procedures and make them follow to these rules in a restricted manner. It has been found that lack of skills, danger taking behavior, and irresponsibility are the main causes that lead to teenage accidents. So it is important for the parents to point their children to stay away from such behaviors and build up sufficient skills before they hand them the vehicle keys.

Drunk driving, not wearing seat restraints, distractions on the road, and late night driving have been the reasons for teen crashes on the road. Most of the teenage fatalities tend to occur between 6 PM to 6AM principally on Fridays and weekends.

There are several safety regulations laid down by the law for the safety of these teenages but they don't abide by these in a correct manner. Teenage are supposed to wear seat belts, avoid using gadgets like cell phones, and avoid driving at night except for some sensible reasons and drive with a guardian or instructor for the first three months after receiving their driving authorization. The lack of discipline amongst teens to follow these guidelines is a serious worry.

In order to moderate exposure to hazards the parents should join their teenagers and be a part of their lessons. They should see to it that their children are picking up the obligatory facts from the class. The parents should teach defensive driving techniques to their teenagers. It is essential to let the child be conscious of the driving experiences of their guardians as that would groom them to cope with any difficult situation.

The parents should also help in correcting the risk taking behavior in their children. The chemical response of hormones and other pattern changes in the teenage body makes it difficult for them to avoid their threat taking behavior. So it is significant for the parents to create a plan and attitude regarding traffic safety for their teenagers. It is necessary to understand the situations where the teenage might take risk for the sake of enjoyment. The parents should then help these teenagers to carefully scrutinize the repercussions of their act. This might lead to revision of the hazardous behavior for the teens.

Parents should make sure that theiryoung adults join approved and licensed driver education programs that will make sure that they increase the necessary driving skills. The superiority of the program content and approach of the instructor also plays a vital role in the knowledge grasping ability of the teenage. The parent should examine the advancement of their child and make them aware of the fact that the driver program is just a start to the knowledge gaining activity towards becoming an expert driver. - 21393

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