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| What is Safe Driving? |
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| Safe driving takes time to learn. At a minimum it is obeying posted speed limits and paying full attention to the road. SafeDriver™ is designed to make the driver accountable for their performance and promote safe driving. As a parent you will know how your teen has driven.
Examples of how SafeDriver™ can promote safe driving habits. |
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| Speed is involved in 38 percent of fatal crashes involving male drivers ages 15 - 20.*
SafeDriver™ shows maximum speed for a given trip. Your teen has to think twice before driving fast or you will know. |
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| About two-thirds of fatal teen crashes involve driver error - making mistakes due to inexperience and distractions.*
Many parents limit the use of the family vehicle. This is a good idea. As with any new task it takes practice over time to become proficient. Driving 1000 miles (or km) in a day is far more risky than spreading that out over a month. |
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| A teen driver's fatal crash risk increases by three to five times if there are two or more passengers in the car.*
SafeDriver™ shows any brakes that suddenly reduce the speed of the vehicle by 15 mph (25 km/h). This can indicate your teen was distracted or driving too fast on local roads. If they are going fast on a local road they will most likely have to stop fast too. |
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| * www.chop.edu/youngdrivers Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. |
