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True or False? Peers have the greatest influence on teen driving behaviors.

Parents and Teens: While waiting for the presentation to begin, please review the following statements together. True or False? Peers have the greatest influence on teen driving behaviors. True or False? The brain matures by age 25.

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True or False? Peers have the greatest influence on teen driving behaviors.

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  1. Parents and Teens:While waiting for the presentation to begin, please review the following statements together. True or False? Peers have the greatest influence on teen driving behaviors. True or False? The brain matures by age 25. True or False? The family car is the safest car for teens to drive. True or False?Everyone sitting in the front seat MUST wear a seat belt. True or False? Driving curfew is from midnight until 4 a.m. True or False? Virginia law allows drivers, age seventeen (17), to have three (3) passengers in the car. True or False? Drivers under the age of 18 may use a cell phone but cannot text message while driving a vehicle. True or False? The safest position to place your hands on the steering wheel for most driving situations is 9 o’clock and 3 o’clock. 1 1

  2. Meeting Protocols The doors will close promptly at the start of the presentation. Anyone leaving early will not receive credit for attending the presentation. Reminders: Turn off all cell phones and electronic devices. Begin filling the auditorium from the front. Parents and students MUST sit together. Complete the registration card in your packet. The registration card will be collected at the end of the presentation. 2 2

  3. Partners for Safe Teen Driving 3

  4. Parents are Key

  5. Presentation Goals/Topics • Parents Matter! • The Teenage Brain • Teen Driving Risks • Graduated Licensing Laws in Virginia • Driver Education • Interacting with Law Enforcement • Parent/Teen Driving Contract 5

  6. Parents Matter! Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia While driving skills are important, they do not reduce riskydriving behaviors. 6

  7. Who’s in Control? A National Young Driver Survey found that TEENSwho hadPARENTS who • Wereinvolved, helpful, and supportive(Authoritative Parents) and • Set rules,and monitoredthoserules Were HALF as likely to be in a crash, and had the SAFESTdriving records. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia 7

  8. Don’t change because of a tragedy - change to avoid tragedy 8

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  10. What is the PARENTS’ Role in Teen Driving? Parents must: • Delay licensure if necessary. • Model safe driving behaviors. • Provide guided practice in low-, moderate- and high-risk driving environments. • Supervise and place limits on independent driving conditions. • Suspend driving privileges if the teen is not demonstrating responsible behaviors. 10

  11. Parental Management of Teen Driving • Setting initial limitson teen drivers is key. • Once granted, privileges are hard to take away. 11

  12. Parental Management of Teen Driving Be gatekeepers of vehicle use and driving privileges. Enforce teen graduated licensing laws and create “family laws”. 12 12

  13. True or False? Peers have the greatest influence on teen driving behaviors. Please raise your hand if you think this statement is true. 13

  14. False! Eighty-nine percent (89%) of teens identified their PARENTS as the top influencer. The next three were: 1. Law Enforcement 2. Friends/Peers 3. Driver Education Teachers 14 The Allstate Foundation Survey

  15. Do Parents“Know What They Don’t Know”? Ninety-three percent (93%) of parents feel they are prepared to teachtheir teen to drive but 60% are not familiar with the juvenile licensing laws, and 40% think most teen crashes are due to drunk driving, while in reality most crashes are due to driver error. 15 Allstate Foundation Survey

  16. What Do Parents Say and Do? Less than 1/3 of parents say teens are good drivers, but 88% trust their teen to drive safely. 55% believe if their teen was in a crash it would be someone else’s fault. • Allstate Foundation Survey 16

  17. What Do Parents Say and Do?(continued) • 48% believe more lenient parents make it difficult to control their own teen’s driving behavior. • 24% have allowed their teen to drive against their better judgment. Allstate Foundation Survey 17

  18. Parents Have the Greatest Influence on Teens 18

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  20. Parents As Role Models 99% of parents believe demonstrating good driving behavior is important, but… 71% still talk on the phone while driving, and 26% admit to having broken traffic laws. Allstate Foundation Survey 20 20

  21. Do Parents Place Adequate Limits on Teen Drivers? In the first few months, most parents allow teens to drive unsupervised in risky situations, such as: • 90% allow teens to drive after dark. • 77% allow teens to drive with friends. • 70% allow teens to drive in bad weather. Allstate Foundation Survey 21

  22. Good Equals Safe? Adult view: Safe driving = Good driving Teens view: Good driving = Skilled driving but not necessarily safe driving Teen perspective: “Driving dangerously shows that I’m a skilled driver” Allstate Foundation 22

  23. True or False? The brain does not mature until about age 25. Please stand if you believe this statement is true. 23

  24. True! The Frontal Lobe is the area of the brain that controls understanding consequencesand suppressing impulses and does not mature until about 25 years of age. Frontal Lobe Frontline: Inside the Teenage Brain 24

  25. The Teenage Brain • The teen brain has a tendency to underestimatedangerous situations. • It isattracted to thrill-seekingand other experiences that create intense feelings. • This is why teens often speed, weave in and out of traffic, follow too closely, talk on their cell phones, or drive while fatigued or intoxicated. 25

  26. Teen Driver Risks Inexperience/Immaturity Thrill Seeking Teenaged Passengers Multitasking Not Using Seat Belts 26

  27. Teen Driver Risks(continued) • Nighttime Driving • Alcohol, Marijuana and Other Drugs • Vehicle Type • Lack of Parental Management 27

  28. Teen Crashes in Virginia Of the 120,513 motor vehicle crashes in VA in 2008 7% involved 15-17 year olds 11% involved 18-19 year olds Teens are more likely than adults to be involved in a crash. Virginia Traffic Crash Facts: Department of Motor Vehicles, 2011 28

  29. What Causes Teen Crashes? Evidence shows that it is NOT poor driving skills that cause crashes among teen drivers. It is inexperience and attitude. 29

  30. Reducing Teen Driving Risks Driving Inexperience:New drivers need a lot of guided practice to recognize and correctly respond to potential driving hazards. Lack of Maturity: Teens can act like adults or like children depending on the circumstances and their motivation. 30

  31. Teen FatalitiesNot just a TEEN problem Two out of every three people killed in a crash involving a teen driverwere not teens. AAA Foundation 31

  32. What is the Safest Car? 32

  33. True or False? The family car is the safest car for your teen to drive. Thumbs up if you think this statement is true, or thumbs down if you think it is false. 33

  34. True!The safest car is the FAMILY CAR! 34

  35. Primary Versus Shared Access to Vehicles Teens who have primary accessto a vehicle are more than TWICE as likely to CRASH. Primary access is defined as being the “main driver” of a vehicle rather than sharing a vehicle with other family members. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia 35

  36. Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol Drinking and driving is illegal at any age, and is especially dangerous for teens who are inexperienced drivers and inexperienced drinkers. 36

  37. Alcohol and Teen Crashes • One percent (1%) of drivers in alcohol-related crashes were 15-17 years old. • Four percent (1%) of drivers in alcohol-related crashes were 18-19 years old. • Where did they get the alcohol? Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles, 2011 37

  38. The Truth About Teen Alcohol Use A national survey showed that in a 30-day period, 28.5% of high school students nationwide had ridden one or more times in a vehicle driven by someone who had been drinking alcohol. 38 CDC Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance

  39. Zero Tolerance Laws If under the age of 21, it is illegal to purchase, possess, or consume alcohol. If convicted, the court will suspend driving privileges for one year, impose a mandatory fine of $500 or the completion of at least 50 hours of community service. 39 Code of Virginia § 4.1-305

  40. Ignition Interlock • Is required on the first and any subsequent alcohol-related conviction • Is a hand-held alcohol sensor that is wired into the vehicle’s electrical system that requires “rolling retests” every 10-20 minutes • Will not allow the vehicle to start if it detects alcohol, and the headlights will flash and the horn will honk if the driver fails to take to a rolling test

  41. Safety Belt Usage Teen driversand passengers use safety belts less thanany other age group. Safety belts keep teens in the car, and prevent them from hitting objects and passengers inside the vehicle. 41 • Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles

  42. Safety Belt Usage • 52% of the 15- to 17-year-olds killed were not wearing seatbelts. • 50% of the 18- to 19-year-olds killed were not wearing seatbelts. 42 Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles, 2011

  43. Safety Belt Usage Among fatally injured 16-19 year-old occupants, seat belt use among passengers (32 percent) is about the same as drivers (31 percent). EVERYONE needs to buckle up!

  44. Safety Belt Laws in VirginiaTrue or False? Everyone sitting in the front seat MUST wear a seat belt. Please stand if you think the statement above is true. 44

  45. True! What is your “family law?” • Everyone sitting in the front seat MUST wear a seat belt. • All persons under 18 must wear a seat belt regardless of where they are seated in the vehicle. Code of Virginia § 46.2-1094 45

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  47. High Speeds Most severe/fatal crashes for teens occur at high speeds, especially for males. As speed increases so do the crash risks, crash force, and crash severity. 47 • Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles

  48. Teens and Fatigue • Teens require at least 9 hours of sleep, yet most get less than 6.5 hours each night. • 16- to 24-year-olds comprise 14% of all drivers, but are involved in 50% of crashes caused by driving while fatigued. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia 48

  49. Teens and Fatigue(continued) • Driving while tired has been compared to driving while intoxicated. • Being awake for 18 hours is similar to a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.08. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia 49

  50. Nighttime Driving For teens, the most severe crashes occur at night and on weekends. 50

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