{"id":1296,"date":"2011-11-03T11:11:47","date_gmt":"2011-11-03T11:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.parentingclan.com\/?p=1296"},"modified":"2020-05-18T07:27:53","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T07:27:53","slug":"safe-driving-teens-rules-parents-enforce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/guide\/safe-driving-teens-rules-parents-enforce\/","title":{"rendered":"Safe driving for teens: Rules parents should know and enforce"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"38520354a5201685ddf480eec688e1a7\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\r\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9477973674766713\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8885944693\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Age of teenagers is considered to be the most dangerous stage  for driving automobiles. In countries, like the United States, around one  third of casualties of teenagers are caused by automobile accidents. United  States allows graduated driving from the age of sixteen. But in Europe the licensed  driving starts from the age of eighteen with lesser rates of accidents than  United States. Yet, the US laws are not likely to be changed regarding  the driving age as there is far lesser  public transportation and people depend more on their private vehicles to move.  <\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>These facts have been further added by the studies which prove that teenager&#8217;s  logic and thinking capabilities regarding the decision making while driving are  not good enough. This is because the portion of their minds that make decisions while taking  risks are immature till the attainment of the age of around twenty years. Therefore, it  does not only count on the learning of driving skills to save this age group,  but also on the important lessons which  parents should teach their dear ones before they let them out in vehicles for  driving. There are some important rules for safe driving that can make parents  confident about their child&#8217;s safety while driving, and include the following:<\/p>\n<p><b>1.        Handling distractions<\/b><\/p>\n<p><u><\/u> Distractions like  cell phones, text messaging, GPS etc., are the major causes that deviate the  minds while driving and reduce the decision making powers when they are driving. Therefore, you need to stress hard on these points and make them agree some terms regarding  avoidance of all the above distractions. You can in addition provide them the  alternative ideas to such bad habits, like going into parking lots or  parks to make and answer phone calls. In fact, you can provide the lead examples by  doing so yourselves in front of them.<\/p>\n<p>2.<b>        Restricting the night time driving<\/b><\/p>\n<p><u><\/u> While  as most of the countries don&#8217;t allow night time driving for teens, yet parents  need to take extra care by banning their teens and making them to agree and  understand the consequences. Driving at night between 9 pm to 6 am for the new  learners has been found to be more accident prone. Hence, parents can act  accordingly, for example by taking hold of car keys and prohibit them from moving  out late at nights.<\/p>\n<p><b>3. Add-on passengers for the ride<\/b><\/p><div class=\"38520354a5201685ddf480eec688e1a7\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\r\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9477973674766713\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8885944693\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><u><\/u> There are  different rules for allowing the count and ages of passengers that could  accompany teens while driving. You should find out the rules in your state and permit  them with others based on your child&#8217;s driving familiarity, outlook, and the  driving circumstances likely to take place. You can forcibly start this by ruling  out your child from driving with other people, then relaxing  the limitations as they gains familiarity and soothe. It is to be remembered  that statistics have shown that company of teens makes it more vulnerable to  accidents. <\/p>\n<p><b>4.        Fast Driving<\/b><\/p>\n<p><u><\/u> An important thing to discourage is moving with greater speeds. Make sure that they understand and  visualize how deadly are the crashes caused by higher speeds, and remember the  facts that less than half of teens killed in accidents are due to speed  driving. In addition, there are speed limits on each and every locality, which  you should make sure your child knows well and will drive below those limits. <\/p>\n<p><b>5.        Wearing Seatbelts<\/b><\/p>\n<p><u><\/u> It has been observed  that teens wear seat belts very less often, so you should stress them on  wearing seat belts and making other passengers also do the same. There are huge  fines imposed for not wearing seat belts, and wearing seat belts has reduced  the rate of deaths by nearly half in all accidents.<\/p>\n<p><b>6.        Maintenance<\/b><\/p>\n<p><u><\/u> Make your teen learn the car  maintenance, keeping car in good condition and properly maintained ensures safety  and comfort. The things in maintenance include checking the oil, sustaining correct  amount of air pressure in tyres, checking of lubricants and engine oils, every time one goes out for driving  inspection of tyres is must before leaving; checking of brakes, steering, keeping  windows clean and adjustment of  mirrors.<\/p>\n<p><b>7.        Drinking and driving<\/b><\/p>\n<p><u><\/u> Alcohol drinking  can be fatal, and most of the times teens drink and drive. So, make your teen agrees neither  to drink alcohol nor to go alongside for ride with such drivers who are drunk  or can do so. One fourth of accidents are caused by alcohol drinking and  driving.<\/p>\n<p>Make a contract agreement of all these above rules and  lessons and make sure you take these guidelines seriously and your child endorse  that they will take the rules seriously too. Sit aside with your child to ensure his comfort and driving abilities so that you should remain confident  about them afterwards.<\/p>\n<p>    \t<\/p>\n<div class=\"38520354a5201685ddf480eec688e1a7\" data-index=\"3\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n          <p><a id=\"link-15\" href=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;\" id=\"img-15\" src=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\r\n            <script>\r\n            var xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();\r\n            xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {\r\n              if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200) {\r\n                var myObj = JSON.parse(this.responseText);\r\n                document.getElementById(\"link-\"+myObj.id).setAttribute('href',myObj.url);\r\n                document.getElementById(\"img-\"+myObj.id).setAttribute('src','https:\/\/fetch.drprem.com\/\/uploads\/'+myObj.image);\r\n              }\r\n            };\r\n            xmlhttp.open(\"GET\", \"https:\/\/fetch.drprem.com\/\/api\/Ads\/15\", true);\r\n            xmlhttp.send();\r\n            <\/script>\r\n        \r\n        <style>\r\n        *{box-sizing:border-box}.top-container{display: grid;grid-template-columns: auto auto auto;}.column{float:left;width:100%;padding: 0 7.5px 15px 7.5px;}.row{margin:0 -5px}.row:after{content:\"\";display:table;clear:both}@media screen and (max-width: 600px){.top-container{display: block;grid-template-columns: unset;}.column{width:100%;display:block;margin-bottom:20px}}.card{text-align:center;}.card_image img{width:100%}.card_body{padding:15px}.card_title{font-size: 14px;line-height: 19px;text-decoration: none;text-align:left;color: #333;}.card-heading{text-align: left;margin-bottom: 25px !important;}\r\n        <\/style>\r\n        <div class=\"row todays-top\">\r\n            <h3 class=\"card-heading\"> Recent Articles: <\/h3><div class=\"top-container\" id=\"todays-top\">\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <script>\r\n            var xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();\r\n            xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {\r\n            if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200) {\r\n            var myObj = JSON.parse(this.responseText); \r\n            myObj.forEach(function(item) {\r\n            document.getElementById('todays-top').innerHTML += '<div class=\"column\"><div class=\"card\"><div class=\"card_image\"><a href=\"'+item.url+'\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"'+item.image+'\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card_body\"><a href=\"'+item.url+'\"><h3 class=\"card_title\">'+item.title+'<\/h3><\/a><a href=\"'+item.url+'\">Read more<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>';\r\n            });\r\n            }\r\n            };\r\n            xmlhttp.open(\"GET\", \"https:\/\/fetch.drprem.com\/api\/Drprem_blogs\", true);\r\n            xmlhttp.send();\r\n            <\/script>\r\n        \r\n        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<style>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t.videoWrapper{position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0}.videoWrapper iframe{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%}\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/style>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"videoWrapper\" id=\"video_7\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tvar xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t            xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t            if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200) {\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t                var myObj = JSON.parse(this.responseText);\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t                document.getElementById(\"video_\"+myObj.id).innerHTML = myObj.embed_video_code;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t            }\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t            };\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t            xmlhttp.open(\"GET\", \"https:\/\/fetch.drprem.com\/api\/Videos\/7\", true);\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t            xmlhttp.send();\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/script>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Age of teenagers is considered to be the most dangerous stage  for driving automobiles. In countries, like the United States, around one  third of casualties of teenagers are caused by automobile accidents. United  States allows graduated driving from the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24305,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4722],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life-improving"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1296\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/guide\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}