Teen Driving Research Paper
The Actual Driving Project
Cell phones and driving is a big problem especially for teen drivers because it’s a huge distraction for us. If you text or call while driving you not only put yourself at risk of death, but others on the road as well! This is a problem for teens especially because us teens are new to driving and we have less understanding of consequences of a car crash (insurance increases, injury, lawsuits, even death.) Most adults would say it’s because teens have the attitude of thinking they’re invincible, which is true speaking as a teenager myself, but not all teenagers are like that. Some teenagers know the responsible and consequences of driving a car, but sometimes accidents happen and they feel the need to talk on their …show more content…
phone.
http://www.rmiia.org/auto/teens/Teen_Driving_Statistics.asp Statistics from research regarding teen crash rates shown, Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death among 15- to 20-year olds, according to the National Center for Health Statistics.
http://www.cdc.gov/MotorVehicleSafety/Teen_Drivers/teendrivers_factsheet.html In 2011, about 2,650 teens in the United States aged 16–19 were killed and almost 292,000 were treated in emergency departments for injuries suffered in motor-vehicle crashes. That means that seven teens ages 16 to 19 died every day from motor vehicle injuries. Young people ages 15-24 represent only 14% of the U.S. population. However, they account for 30% ($19 billion) of the total costs of motor vehicle injuries among males and 28% ($7 billion) of the total costs of motor vehicle injuries among females.
AAA Campaign group aims to pass texting while driving bans in all 50 states by 2013. “The AAA legislative push to enact texting while driving bans is supported by new research released today by the Auto Club of Southern California showing that the texting while driving ban implemented in California in January 2009 appears to be reducing texting by drivers.”
http://newsroom.aaa.com/2009/09/2009-heads-up-driving-wee/
The phone company AT&T has started a new movement called "It Can Wait." The movement is devoted to educating the public, adults, and especially teens, about the dangers of texting and driving. Some ways that AT&T is trying to stop texting and driving is by: telling people to take the pledge to never text and drive, and advertising with their 10-minute documentary about the dangers of texting and driving. http://www.itcanwait.com/all
There are a large amount of things that can be done. Parents can teach their teens before hand like my older brother has done with me, and make teens pass a class first instead of a driving test. To make people more aware of this issue I can show them videos on how cell phones and driving is dangerous.
Cell phones and driving is a big problem especially for teen drivers because it’s a huge distraction for us. If you text or call while driving you not only put yourself at risk of death, but others on the road as well! This is a problem for teens especially because us teens are new to driving and we have less understanding of consequences of a car crash (insurance increases, injury, lawsuits, even death.) Most adults would say it’s because teens have the attitude of thinking they’re invincible, which is true speaking as a teenager myself, but not all teenagers are like that. Some teenagers know the responsible and consequences of driving a car, but sometimes accidents happen and they feel the need to talk on their …show more content…
phone.
http://www.rmiia.org/auto/teens/Teen_Driving_Statistics.asp Statistics from research regarding teen crash rates shown, Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death among 15- to 20-year olds, according to the National Center for Health Statistics.
http://www.cdc.gov/MotorVehicleSafety/Teen_Drivers/teendrivers_factsheet.html In 2011, about 2,650 teens in the United States aged 16–19 were killed and almost 292,000 were treated in emergency departments for injuries suffered in motor-vehicle crashes. That means that seven teens ages 16 to 19 died every day from motor vehicle injuries. Young people ages 15-24 represent only 14% of the U.S. population. However, they account for 30% ($19 billion) of the total costs of motor vehicle injuries among males and 28% ($7 billion) of the total costs of motor vehicle injuries among females.
AAA Campaign group aims to pass texting while driving bans in all 50 states by 2013. “The AAA legislative push to enact texting while driving bans is supported by new research released today by the Auto Club of Southern California showing that the texting while driving ban implemented in California in January 2009 appears to be reducing texting by drivers.”
http://newsroom.aaa.com/2009/09/2009-heads-up-driving-wee/
The phone company AT&T has started a new movement called "It Can Wait." The movement is devoted to educating the public, adults, and especially teens, about the dangers of texting and driving. Some ways that AT&T is trying to stop texting and driving is by: telling people to take the pledge to never text and drive, and advertising with their 10-minute documentary about the dangers of texting and driving. http://www.itcanwait.com/all
There are a large amount of things that can be done. Parents can teach their teens before hand like my older brother has done with me, and make teens pass a class first instead of a driving test. To make people more aware of this issue I can show them videos on how cell phones and driving is dangerous.