Teens have very little experience driving - sometimes they give their attention to distractions. The result is 6,000 teen deaths a year on the road. Do you know how to talk to your teen about safely driving without distractions?
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Know the Most Dangerous Teen Driving Distractions

According to AllState Insurance, 6,000 teens die in car accidents each year and 87% of those teens were driving with distractions.

How can you help your teen understand the importance of keeping their hands on the wheel and their eyes on the road?

The easiest way is to make them aware of the dangers of distracted driving and the most common ways that young people crash due to lack of attentiveness.

ABC News recently reported on the top three deadliest distractions for teens, based on a recent study of 10,000 young passengers killed in car crashes involving a teen driver conducted by the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and State Farm Insurance. The three deadliest distractions were:

· Riding with an unbuckled seat belt.

· Traveling at high rates of speed.

· Riding in the car with multiple teens.


Other distractions included texting while driving, applying makeup, talking on the cell phone, eating, and surfing the radio. All of these seemingly harmless distractions can lead to car accidents that seriously injure or kill both the teens involved and whoever else is involved in the collision. Even if teens are schooled in driving in bad weather, collision avoidance, and proper speed limits, all of these lessons can go out the window when a carload of friends, loud music, and mobile devices are added to their environment.

The best way to educate your child about dangerous driving distractions is to simply talk to them about the importance of keeping their focus on the road. In additions, parents may add rules of the road - that the cell phone staying turned off in their purse or pockets while in the car, or that they aren't allowed to drive more than one friend at a time.

Although alcohol does play a large part in teen car accidents and fatalities, it is only one facet of the problem. In general, teens are more apt to be in accidents due to their inexperience - curb that inexperience with a solid education about driving distractions.



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