Parents & Kids
AAA: High Crash Risk for Teen Drivers and What Teens and Parents Can Do About It
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Teen drivers put everyone on the road at risk, especially when they bring teen passengers along for the ride, updated research from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety reports. — an announcement from AAA Northeast
In fact, when a teen drives their peers, the fatality rate for all people involved in a crash — the driver, passengers, occupants of other vehicles, and other roadway users like pedestrians and cyclists increases by 51 percent because teens are inexperienced drivers, the report said. “Teens simply lack experience behind the wheel,” said Fran Mayko, AAA Northeast spokeswoman. “This increases the odds of a deadly outcome, not just for the driver, but for the passengers and others on roads. The newest research is part of a AAA Foundation study, “Everyone’s at Risk”, updated to mark National Teen Driver Safety Week (Oct.
