Sunday, January 10, 2010

The High Risk Of Teenage Driving

Teens that are at the point of getting their license are being highly encouraged to take driver's education courses in an effort to prepare them more for what is in store for them when they do hit the open road. They teach about car safety and rules that must be abided by, and they do so both in a class setting as well as in an actual vehicle. This is a great start for teens but the learning needs to keep on going after the courses are complete.

Teens are a bit on the naive side and do not think that some of the things that they are doing will hurt anyone. This is so far from the truth though. How can a person text message and drive at the same time?

There are new laws that have been set into place that makes such high risk behaviour illegal. This is a great step in bringing this teenage driving risk to a halt.

Alcohol and drug abuse still remains another high risk behaviour that is occurring. The penalties for drinking and driving do not seem to make a lot of difference to teens anymore. For some reason they seem to think that they are indestructible. We see this is not so with the number of people that are killed as a result of teenage driving while under the influence. However, the laws that are in force are being implemented a lot more than ever before for anyone that is caught doing such things.

Another teenage driving risk is that most males like the thoughts of fast cars. Many young guys like the idea of road racing, another very high risk thing to do. This too has proven to be deadly in a great many situations. Speed can be fun, but it is not something that you do on a regular basis. It is like many other things in life, there is a time and a place to do it.

There are many groups out there that have come to light in an effort to help with our teenage driving efforts. They want to ensure that our young driver's are safe as well as others that are on the road. Government agencies and people giving out of their personal money and time to help are very high in numbers and they all should be thanked immensely.