Teen Driving Safety Melissa Tortella Kaplan University Teen Driving Safety “In 2010‚ approximately 2‚700 teens in the United States between the ages of 16-19 were involved in fatal car accidents and almost 282‚000 of these teens suffered injuries in car accidents.” (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‚ n.d.). Given this information‚ this proves that car accidents have become the leading cause of death in teens in the United States. “The risk of being involved in a car crash is highest
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Name: Jessinia Figueroa Teen Driving Issues Project Topic: Drunk Driving Part 1 - Identify the Issue Be sure to include complete sentences. Section Heading Information Why is this problem‚ especially for teen drivers? -equal amounts of alcohol usually affect young people more than older ones. -young people have limited experience in both driving and drinking Statistics from research regarding teen crash rates. -The crash rate for 16-year-old drivers is 1.8 times higher than drivers
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are growing too fast . One of the major issues in the U.S is Teenage Drunk Driving. Young drivers ages 16-18 make up only 15% of licensed drivers they cause 30% of alcohol related driving deaths. Traffic crashes are the leading cause of death in the United States for people younger than 25. Specific factors that pertain to this fatal problem are blood alcohol content (BAC)‚ failure to wear seatbelts‚ and inexperienced driving. BAC makes up most of the deaths between the 3. Alcohol related traffic accidents
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olds. In 1996‚ 6‚300 teens died in the United States from motor vehicle crash injuries. The fatality rate for teenage drivers is about 4 times as high as the rate for drivers 25 to 65 years old. On average‚ a teen driver is killed every other day in California. In most of those fatalities‚ the reason was either involving speeding or driver error. But in California‚ Oregon‚ Michigan‚ and other states‚ those statistics are dropping because they have had laws restricting teen driving on the books for more
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completely satisfied. Then reality set‚ I had just basically told off my coach and I did not know what would happen when I arrived at the school the next morning. Acting off complete impulse and not thinking about the consequence is something children and teens do often. However‚ should the teenage “know better” and think about the results of there actions? Psychologist are leaning towards no‚ the part of the brain that is reasonable for decision making actually develops last‚ according to the textbook‚ when
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age 25. Teens have a hard time controlling their risky behavior and becoming responsible which is why minors are mostly involved in crashes. Some regulations have been made to help decrease the dangers of teen driving‚ for example‚ the Graduated Driver License and the banning of cell phones while driving to help prevent distractions. Even though there are regulations‚ minors don’t always follow them which is why the dangers of teen driving are underrated. One of the leading dangers with teen driving
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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
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Name: Aranique Brown Teen Driving Issues Project Topic: Cell Phones and Driving Part 1 - Identify the Issue Be sure to include complete sentences. Section Heading Information Why is this a problem‚ especially for teen drivers? Cell phones and driving is a problem for teen drivers because teens usually have phones with them all the time. If you have a notification‚ you are tempted to check it‚ maybe answer a phone call? If teens are doing this on the road‚ it could turn into a more serious issue
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Teen Driving: It’s Really Dangerous Over the years‚ there has been many car crashes. Many of those crashes begins with a teen behind the wheel. Government officials have created a system for teen drivers called Graduated Driver’s License. GDL’s have strict laws for teens to follow so that teens won’t get into fatal car accidents. “In the first year of driving‚ 1 out of 5 drivers that are 16 years old are involved in an accident” (Geico). Most of the accidents that occur are fatal. While teens
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Teen Driving Teens are dying and we can change it. Teen car crashes kill more young people than any other cause. Cars are responsible for nearly fifty percent of American teen deaths. Over 3‚000 American teens die yearly in car crashes. That’s equivalent to a commercial jet loaded with teenagers crashing once every other week for a year. The majority of teen deaths are when other teens are in the car with them. For every teen killed multiple that by 100 and that is how many are injured. Every 15mins
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