Sunday, October 19, 2008

National Teen Driver Safety Week Oct 19-25

Congressmen Charlie Dent (R-PA) and Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) passed a resolution establishing every third week in October to be National Teen Driver Safety Week this last year.

Many states have their own planned activities, many year-long, which focus on teen belt use, graduated licensing, and underage drinking. Washington is not on the list, although Sav-on Insurance personally does our part by speaking to young drivers at the A-Team Driving School. To see the complete list click here.

The theme for this years Safety Week is passengers with findings showing that the chances of a fatal crash increase exponentially with each teen passenger. Few teens view their friends as inexperienced drivers and teen passengers tend to act wild or encourage the driver to speed or make other unsafe driving decisions.

Please visit our safe teen driver page at www.teendriverinsurance.com/sav-on for more tips on making your teen a safe driver.

1 comment:

Lmorrissey said...

Glad your blog is promoting teen driving safety. I work with a non-profit organization called the Network of Employers for Traffic Safety (NETS.) NETS offers a great tool for parents and teens to help them get the guided practice they need before hitting the road solo. It's called the Novice Driver's Road Map, and is a booklet that consists of a series of eight progressively difficult practice sessions. It contains lots of great tips for parents to help them be a successful driving coach and fits right in the glove box.

My kids are still young, but I've gifted the Road Map to my babysitters and both teens and parents have found it to be extremely useful.

The Novice Driver's Road Map can be ordered (for $15.00) at www.trafficsafety.org.