Teen Driving

Teen Driving is a Phase We All Must Survive

When I was a young and only semi-responsible gent in the late 1970s, there was one sure way to get my palms sweating and my ego deflated at the same time -  and it had nothing to do with getting rejected by a pretty girl on the disco floor (although that would work too!)

It was seeing those red flashing lights in my rear view mirror, and the impromptu meeting that inevitably followed, between nervous teen driver and a not-too-friendly community traffic enforcement officer.

Some 30 years later, my perspective about teen driving has changed dramatically, (and so has my social life). Now I fear that scenario with the police officer is happening with my teen driver behind the wheel. (more…)

GPS Tracking via Cell Phone, Self-Contained GPS Unit, or Bumper Sticker?

Count all the drivers involved in fatal automobile crashes in 2007, and 13 percent of them will have been young people, age 15-20. In that same year, teen drivers accounted for 15 ercent of all motorists involved in police-reported crashes. These are teen driving statistics that should frighten any parent into action.

There are three primary devices available on the market today that parents are using in their crusade to raise safer teen drivers. All three are meant to accomplish the same things: make their children accountable for their teen driving decisions, realize the dangers of unsafe driving and show that they can responsibly operate a powerful vehicle with precious cargo. (more…)