Working alongside Elon University’s supervisor of automotive services, Kieth Dimont Safe Rides has found that used…
State Farm published this unique app for Apple iPhones to engage broader smartphone markets. In 2011, the carrier launched an application for iOS devices that tracks driving behavior. This app as Chordas reports, offers teen drivers and their parents access to nonbiased feedback so families can have constructive conversations about safe driving. (2012)…
Have you heard about how high the rate of teen mortality has been rising over the last few decades? Indeed, it is a problematic issue that has been ignoring most of the young-drivers' parents. As Anna Quindlen expressed on her article, teen's crashes and deaths are highly common and ignored. Moreover, Quindlen's purpose is to highlight the seriousness of the teens driving issue and how states around the United States handle the issue.…
Tracking your driving teenagers could cause them to be rebellious. The knowledge that a parent is constantly watching over their shoulder could cause them to act out. With the SafeTrak system, a parent knows everywhere a child is and has been at any given time. A parent using SafeTrak knows every last thing about their child at all times (SafeTrak Advertisement). If a parent is constantly playing “Big Brother”, then the child has no freedom.…
Getting into high school and becoming a driver is something that is very exciting, although sometimes teen drivers can be dangerous because of being distracted. Many states have looked for solutions to help put an end to reckless, unsafe driving. This is very important and needs to be stopped, the solutions that will help are parents playing more of a role in teens learning how to drive, more up-to-date training and laws prohibiting friends and cell phones.…
Nearly every teenager looks forward to driving, it represents independence and freedom. While this new found freedom is great for the teenage driver, it represents fear and sleepless nights for parents. Today, not only does a parent have to worry about how their teenage son/daughter is driving but what they are doing while they are driving. In the past, the biggest fear of a parent was whether their child was…
Being a teenager with a lot of responsibilities is not easy. As a teen, before learning how to drive we need to learn the rules of the road. Adolescences are easily distracted by social media, texting, Facebook, snapchat, and YouTube with can lead to a mortal experience in someone’s life. For example, one of my friends is 18 years old and she still texts while driving knowing that she can cause an accident. In…
Teenagers have a very hard time “multitasking” while driving, posing more of a hazard when the roads (Zernike). While teens try to multitask and try to do different things while driving and not have full attention on the road, that is when an accident happen. The sad part is that they hurt themselves and even innocent people who were driving and being responsible. “studies have shown that teens tend to overrate their driving skills and underrate risk on the road” (McClatchy). Teenagers when they are driving and find it so easy to pick up a phone call or even send a quick text but don't think of how quickly accidents can happen. All phones should have that program were it locks phone when entering a vehicle and sends a voice mail to the person who is trying to call you saying that you are currently driving to lower teen crashes. We want to find ways to protect or give teens advice on how much it affects everyone of their mistakes while driving. Teenagers shouldn't even look at their phones while driving. They should definitely put it on silent and if it's an emergency, you can always pull to the side and answer important calls. This is one of the main reasons why teenagers should be at least 17 years of age to be able to test for their permit. We want to lower teen crashes and that is…
Do you trust your 17 year old son or daughter to get behind the wheel of a vehicle? Many people are against teen driving laws in America, but just as many are for the laws as opposed. Many teenagers always dream of driving a car, on the open road experiencing the freedom that comes along with your license. It is apparent that many teenagers are usually inexperienced when it comes to getting behind the wheel. Due to the fact to qualify for a License in some states all you need is sixty hours behind the wheel with a parent and fifteen hours in a driving class. Finally, after a defined period in the learning phase, unrestricted driving occurs, within the age of typically 17 or 18.…
In an article from USA Today, it clearly shows that teenagers that text and drive are also more than likely to conduct other risky behavior. Teens who text and drive are more likely to drink and drive than teens that do not text and drive. What this demonstrates is that teenagers that make one bad decision are likely to make many bad decisions. I think this article could benefit parents by allowing them the opportunity to observe their teenager to see if their teenager is involved in any risky behavior. If they observe a teenager who is not wearing a seatbelt, then they can probably assume that they are also texting while driving. This could give parents an opportunity to sit down with their child and explain to them the dangers of the behaviors that they’re finding themselves in. All parents could benefit from…
Driving out in the field with real challenges can helpfully teach teenagers a lot quicker to be experienced enough to be smart and safe drivers in the future. Most oftenly, they don’t have to depend on their parents to drive them to point A to B all the time, because they can drive their own vehicle without asking their parents for transportation. Teenagers can learn when to shift gears at the opportune time and handle the car effectively. Keeping…
It is no secret that people send texts, eat, or fiddle with the radio on their way to work. It is such a common occurrence that nobody sees anything wrong with it, but the truth is quite the opposite. Distracted driving is one of the leading causes of death among young adults. Over 3,000 people died in 2014 due to distracted driving accidents, and more than 430,000 were injured by distracted drivers. Ten percent of drivers aged fifteen to nineteen involved in fatal car crashes were reported as being distracted at the time of the incident. No text message is worth risking the lives of people around them. The message can wait, put the phone and food down.…
Now the leading cause of death among teens in the U.S., texting while driving takes more than 3,000 teenage lives each year. U.S. highways are introduced to new and inexperienced teenage drivers every year who do not recognize the difficulty involved in trying to text and drive. Our highways are dangerous enough because of the number of other drivers, poor weather and road conditions, therefore adding any other distractions more than triple the dangers.…
Distracted driving has always been a problem with our country since cars were invented but recently it has become an even bigger issue, now it is the leading cause of teen deaths. In our day and age cars have gotten faster and technology has gotten more advanced. We now have cell phones that can do multiple things and our cars also have their own technology. Cell phones pose the main threat towards distracted driving especially for teens. Since phones have been getting more advanced and being able to do more things on them, teens are especially susceptible to being on their phone while driving.…
There are many challenges that teens face. They face drugs and peer pressure, but the main cause of teen death in the United States is caused by reckless driving, drunk driving, and texting while driving. They sometimes make these poor choices because they don't know their certain limits. Often times, they make these decisions and it’s too late for them to see the consequences. Teens should be aware of the consequences of breaking these rules that could impact their life or someone else's. Making teens aware can make other people feel safe when they are on the road.…