My last post pointed out that Alabama ranks the fourth highest in the teen death toll. Today, I want to pick up the Reader’s Digest again and look at their Anatomy of a Teen Car Accident.
First, they cover that speeding is a factor in 35% of crash deaths involving young drivers. If you look back at some of my posts you see that speeding was a factor. Second, is cell phone use which in teens increases the crash risk by 300%. I recently represented someone whose spouse was killed by a driver talking on their cell phone. It does happen with both teens and adults talking on their cell phones. Third, Reader’s Digest points out that adding one passenger increases the fatal crash risk by 48% with teenagers. Fourth,adding a second passenger increases the fatality risk by 158%. Fifth, 87% of teen deaths involve distracted drivers; radios rank as a top teen distraction. Sixth, the article points out that eating at the wheel causes 2% of teen crashes. Seventh, nearly half of teens are sleep-deprived, and young drivers cause 55% of fatigue-related crashes. I wrote about a recent tragedy that occurred due to sleep deprivation. Eighth, teens are three times more likely to die in a crash at night when its dark than during the day.
Please discuss this post and my last post with your teenager and take a look at Reader’s Digest’s related articles on teen driving. We all looked forward to getting our driver’s license when we were teenagers. We all want them to come home safely after they have been out driving.
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