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Last Updated: Mar 26th, 2006 - 13:41:45 |
Younger and Older Drivers
Programs Get Young Drivers Off to a Good, Safe Start
Turning 16 years old and getting a license to drive is an exciting time in any youngster's life. Unfortunately, teen-age drivers are among the most accident-prone. "For most young drivers, it's not a question of whether they'll have an accident, it's when they'll have one," is the way one insurance actuary describes the situation.
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Teenage Driving: What Parents Should Know
Many people believe that the inexperience and immaturity of teenage drivers is a dangerous mix. In fact, teenage drivers have more motor vehicle crashes than any other age group. Nationwide, more than 4,600 people age 16 to 18 were killed or seriously injured in fatal traffic crashes in 2000. "Despite these negative statistics, parents can work with their teens to help reduce their risks behind the wheel," said Stephen Epstein, M.D., of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP). "In fact, studies show that when parents talk to their teens about their expectations and behind-the-wheel behavior, those teens are less likely to drink, drive under the influence, or speed, and they are more likely to wear their seat belts."
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Sixteen And Spinning Their Wheels
Is 16 too young to drive? Ask most 16-year-olds and they will say no. According to the laws in most states, 16-year-olds are old enough to drive.
The statistics, however, may put the brake on some driving ambitions. Statistics indicate that this age group is involved in the largest number of accidents, with 81 percent of the fatal crashes involving 16-year-olds attributed to inexperience. Sixteen-year-old drivers have nearly 300 percent more crashes per miles driven than do 18-year-olds.
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A New Look At Ways To Keep Teen Drivers Safe
Giving some thought to how teens think and feel about driving could help keep them safe. That's the conclusion of a study that examined attitudes and opinions teenagers hold about getting behind the wheel. The research was commissioned to explore reasons behind the alarming statistics about teens and motor vehicles. Every year in the U.S., nearly 6,000 teenagers are killed and another 300,000 are injured in motor vehicle crashes.
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Younger and Older Drivers
New Look At Ways To Keep Teen Drivers Safe
Giving some thought to how teens think and feel about driving could help keep them safe. That's the conclusion of a study that examined attitudes and opinions teenagers hold about getting behind the wheel. The research was commissioned to explore reasons behind the alarming statistics about teens and motor vehicles. Every year in the U.S., nearly 6,000 teenagers are killed and another 300,000 are injured in motor vehicle crashes.
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Younger and Older Drivers
Safety Program Gets Teens Road Ready
Parents hold the keys when it comes to their teens' driv-ing safety. In fact, research shows that when parents take an active role in their teens' driving education and set driving guidelines, they can reduce their teens' chances of being in a crash by up to one-third. According to government statistics, traffic crashes remain the No. 1 killer of teens. In 2003, teen drivers were involved in more than 1.7 million vehicle crashes, injuring nearly 400,000 teens and killing nearly 5,000. And teen traffic deaths peak in the summer, when teens spend more time on the road than they do during the school year.
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Younger and Older Drivers
New Tool Helps Seniors Play It Safe Behind the Wheel
Americans are living longer than before. If you're over 65, you are part of the fastest-growing population in the U.S., thanks to today's advanced medicine and healthier, active lifestyles. If seniors can be found swimming, jogging and golfing, then who's to say when they become too old to get behind the wheel? By 2020, there will be more than 40 million licensed drivers age 65 and older, according to AAA. Although they are more likely to wear their seatbelts, less likely to drink and drive, and less likely to speed, senior drivers are more likely to be seriously injured in a car crash.
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New Program Helps Teen Drivers Practice Skills
Practice can make perfect. This adage holds true for sports, playing a musical instrument and especially when young people are learning how to drive.
While parents cannot protect their teens from every risk they may encounter during these years, helping teens improve as drivers may help prevent the tragedy and devastation that a motor vehicle crash too often brings to a family.
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How Teens Can Become Safer Drivers
If you want to pinpoint the reason many young teens have serious crashes, it can be summed up easily-inexperience. Whether they are on their way to a party, the mall or a friend's house, teens may find themselves in driving situations they aren't equipped to handle yet.
Teenagers can become safer drivers, say officials at GEICO, by developing more experience and avoiding certain driving situations until they are better prepared to handle them.
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Lens Implant Potentially Improves Driving Safety
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently approved new claims for Pfizer's Tecnis, making it the first eye lens implant for cataract patients with the potential to improve the safety of older drivers with cataracts and the people with whom they share the road.
About 60 percent of people over age 65, and 70 percent of those over 75, have some degree of cataract development, a clouding of the lens in the eye that affects vision. Approximately 2.5 million older people undergo cataract surgery each year in the United States.
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Younger and Older Drivers
Savvy Seniors Take Technology On The Road
Seniors are hitting the highways in record numbers. The Travel Industry of America (TIA) reports that travelers over the age of 55 take to the road more than any other age group. They're also hitting the information super highway as the fastest growing age demographic to log onto the Internet, according to a 2004 Pew Internet study. Quickly adopting technology, three-fourths of Americans over age 54 made a consumer electronics purchase in 2003.
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Younger and Older Drivers
Older Drivers And Safety-A Family Conversation
There are many factors that can drive a person's concern about just how safe it is for an older family member to be behind the wheel.
Although studies show that older drivers are, as a group, safe drivers, as people age, driving can become a somewhat more difficult and challenging task, especially for those with physical and cognitive health problems.
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