"teen-driver-safety" Articles & Blogs:
October 18-24 is National Teen Driving Safety Week!
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Take one glimpse at teen driving statistics and it's clear: the real culprit facing today's teens behind the wheel is distracted driving. Regardless of whether it's a cell phone, iPod, or BlackBerry, in the last 10 years teens have become more connected ...[Read on] |
Bristol Palin Begins Campaign Against Teen Pregnancy
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Bristol Palin will head to New York this week to fight teen pregnancy with the Candie’s FoundationPost | Today 3:35 pmBristol Palin, the daughter of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, will join forces with the Candie’s Foundation this week to help fight...[Read on] |
Ford shares tips for safer proms, calmer Moms (and Dads)
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Prom season is upon us! The 17-year-old son of one our staffers will be attending his first prom this weekend, and because he is a new driver, his mom is a little worried about his driving safety on prom night. Prom is a big night for teenagers, filled w...[Read on] |
Tips for parents to save money on car insurance for teen drivers
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A mix of pride and fear is
what most parents feel when their teen begins to drive. During this important time,
parents and teens need to address a number of auto insurance and safe driving issues.
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The cost of auto insurance
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Teen Vogue features pregnant covergirl, moral panic ensues
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Seems that some people are upset that one of the models on Teen Vogue's November cover is pregnant.
19 year-old Jourdan Dunn isn't visibly pregnant, but talks about her pregnancy in the magazine.
The cover has raised eyebrows among some parents, teens a...[Read on] |
Young Drivers: Make a safe driving video and win a $5,000 Scholarship
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Hurry, you only have until July 1 to submit video entries to the 2010 Bridgestone Americas Safety Scholars Video Contest! The Safety Scholars Video Contest is open to young drivers ages 16 to 21. Entrants must produce a short car safety video either 2...[Read on] |
Driver's Edge safety program teaches teens life-saving driving skills for free
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Motor vehicle crashes are the number one killer of America's teens according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. In 2007, there were 3,974 motor-vehicle-related fatalities in the state of California, making it the deadliest state in ...[Read on] |
Phones, Text, and Music: Distractions For Teen Drivers
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While drinking and driving is a dangerous behavior unto itself, many teens are introducing other distractions into the mix when they are behind the wheel. More than one-in-three teens say they often change songs on their MP3 players, speed or text; while...[Read on] |
Keep Your Kids Safe: Use Your Car Seat Safely
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As the mother of two boys (one is 7, the other is 17), I'm no stranger to the world of car and booster seats and respect the importance of ensuring all passengers are safely belted into any moving vehicle. I'm frightened by the footage I've seen that dem...[Read on] |
Buzzed Driving is Drunk Driving NHTSA Twitter Party 12/9 -- Pledge to Not Drink and Drive!
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Last year, more than 250 people died in alcohol-impaired driving crashes during the Christmas and New Year’s holiday periods.
Whether at a holiday party, a New Year’s Eve bash at a bar or reveling with friends, many of us will be on the road thi...[Read on] |
VA teen suspended for two weeks because of birth-control pill
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Because of a zero tolerance drug policy at her Fairfax County, Virginia public school, one teen was given a two week suspension when she was caught taking her birth control pill during lunch. From the Washington Post:
School officials say they can't take...[Read on] |
Car Insurance: 5 ways to stretch your dollar
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Let’s face it: a dollar simply doesn’t go as far as it used to. Where we used to spend $25 to fill up our gas tank it now costs $35 or $40. That half-gallon of ice cream is now 1.5 quarts and costs double. What is a financially savvy woman to do? Well...[Read on] |
Drivers are interested in intelligent vehicle sensing features despite limited familiarity
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As automotive technology increases with new innovations like Ford’s Curve Control, consumers have a growing interest in several other new technologies geared toward safety and accident prevention. A study entitled AutoTECHCAST, conducted by Harris Int...[Read on] |
Teen pregnancy rate increases after decade-long decline
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Thanks abstinence only education!
A new report from the Guttmacher Institute shows that the teen pregnancy rate has risen for the first time in more than a decade. And guess who's to blame...
These new data from the Guttmacher Institute are especially...[Read on] |
National campaign educates drivers to "Move Over" and protect officers on roadways
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More than 150 U.S. law enforcement officers have been killed in the last 10 years after being struck by vehicles along America's highways, according to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund. To lower that deadly toll, a new coalition of tra...[Read on] |
Danica Patrick’s Got Milk
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Got Milk? Fan-favorite IRL driver Danica Patrick was captured this month promoting healthy, strong bones as the latest celeb to join the popular Body By Milk campaign.
Danica has proven herself in IRL by being the first woman to win an Indy Car race and...[Read on] |
How technology makes auto travel safer and more efficient
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It’s easy for many of us to take for granted how much technology contributes to making driving safer and more efficient than ever before. At the same time, it’s hard for many of us to comprehend what improvements technology will bring us in the fut...[Read on] |
For $4.99 You Can Stop Your Teen from Texting and Driving
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Moms: How much is your child's safety worth to you? You probably can't put a number on it. Texting while driving is a serious problem - the statistics are mind-boggling. As of 2010, as many as a whopping 30% of accidents were caused by someone us...[Read on] |
Teen pregnancies on the rise for the first time in over a decade
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Via The Economist, some data about teenage pregnancies in the US:
On one point, however, experts agree: when it comes to teenage births, the United States is backsliding. Between 1991 and 2005 the teenage birth rate declined by 34%, according to the Nati...[Read on] |
Encourage teen drivers to 'Make The Right Choice' during Prom and Graduation season
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Congressman Jim Himes and The Century Council (a national not-for-profit organization funded by distillers dedicated to fighting drunk driving and underage drinking) recently brought a life-saving lesson about the dangers of drunk driving and underage dr...[Read on] |
Bristol Palin: Teen Pregnancy Warning Sign?
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I love Cristina Page and think she’s brilliant — her book How the Pro-Choice Movement Saved America is a must-read — but I’m not sure she gets in right in this article about how Bristol and Levi could be the teen pregnancy spokespe...[Read on] |
Can you commit to distraction-free driving for a week?
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Busy women are best known for their multi-tasking skills. How else could we get so much done every day? Between home and work, kids and their school schedules, groceries and meals -- you name it -- we have more to juggle than ever before. Unfortunate...[Read on] |
Highly religious states have top teen birth rates
| A new study shows that states that skew towards more conservative religious beliefs tend to have higher rates of teenage girls giving birth. (Shocking, I know.)
Researcher Joseph Strayhorn of Drexel University College of Medicine and University of Pitts...[Read on] |
Are keyless start/stop systems safe?
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I gotta confess, I'm not so good with car keys. I'm always fumbling to find them at the bottom of my purse, and even though I have a designated drop spot for them in the house, half the time I never remember to put them there. Yep: I am the pathetic sap ...[Read on] |
How do you stop a runaway vehicle?
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In the aftermath of last month's news event involving deaths of a California Highway Patrol Officer and three members of his family, and the subsequent advisories by Toyota and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to recall more than 3.8 mi...[Read on] |
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