Young Driver Research Initiative
Motor vehicle crashes are the No.1 cause of death among teens in the U.S. Awareness of the importance of seat belt use and of the dangers of drinking and driving has grown, yet motor vehicle-related injuries and fatalities among young people in the U.S. continue unabated. The fatality rate for drivers age 16 to 19 years, based on miles driven, is four times that of drivers age 25 to 69 years. In 2005, nearly 7,500 15- to 20-year-old drivers were involved in fatal crashes.1 Clearly, more work needs to be done in this area of research and outreach to reduce these teen crash rates and their resulting deaths and disabilities.
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, the University of Pennsylvania, and State Farm Insurance Companies ®, the same academic-industry alliance that created and sustains the worlds largest study of children in crashes, have joined together to address the urgent need to advance science to reduce death and injury from young driver-related crashes.
http://www.chop.edu/consumer/jsp/division/generic.jsp ... This is a great website full of information on parent's role in helping teens to drive safely. Please take some time and visit this website.<br><br>Post edited by: TigerRose, at: 2007/01/30 08:58
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