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A study published by the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has concluded that the way the parents communicate rules about driving to teenagers, and then monitor teen driving, can reduce the risk that their teen will be involved in a crash in Nashville, Tennessee, or anywhere.

Simple rules like:

• “no use of the cell phone while driving”,
• “no driving if you have had something to drink”,
• “no riding with someone who has had something to drink”, and
• “always use your seatbelt”

can have a significant impact on reducing the risks of teens being involved in automobile accidents.

Teen drivers are 4 times more likely to be involved in fatal accidents as adults, and most teen crashes are preventable. Research with teen drivers show that they do not think of themselves as inexperienced, and most (85%) do not think their peers are inexperienced.  Only 10% recognize that their passengers are potentially hazardous.

Teens with authoritarian parents are more likely to use their seat belts and less likely to speed. Teens who have their own car, as opposed to sharing a car, are more likely to use a cell phone while driving, and are more likely to speed.

We see teens who are the victims of bad teen driving all the time in Nashville and through out Tennessee. As Tennessee attorneys who handle personal injury cases, seeing the results of  these kind of tragic accidents is unavoidable. It is good to know, and have verified, that simple rules strictly enforced can make such a difference.

To review this study in detail, click here.