When a teenager first gets there license they never really think about the other drivers out there on the roads. They believe in there own ability to control the vehicle they are driving, but what about the other driver? Are they as prepared as you? These are some of the questions we should ask ourselves every time we get behind the wheel. Last year over 5,500 people ranging from 16-20 years old were killed in a car accident. Less than 40% of all teenaged drivers regularly wear their seatbelts. They are also the age bracket that speed and run off the road the most. When any passengers are present the chances of getting in an

· Explain that they do not have to do everything that their friends do.

· Limit the teen's driving time during periods of increased risk such as weekends.

Drunk driving has probably affected every family in the United States in one way or another. Whether someone in your family has been affected or if it is some one you know. Someone in America is killed by drunk driving every thirty-two minutes, and the number is growing every year. This doesn't even count the 297,000 people who are injured every year. That is one person that is injured every two minutes. Traffic crashes cost the United States $176.5 billion annually in medical bills, rehabilitation services and lost wages. We are fighting a war in America and we are losing. In the last decade alone, drunk driving has killed four times as many people as the Vietnam War. Car crashes involving alcohol cost us $44 billion dollars each year. We need to look at what is most important to us in this country, our booze or our kids? On average eight kids die each day due to drink driving.

accident greatly increases. One passenger raises the risk of getting injured by nearly 48% and if you were to add three or more passenger the risk of getting killed raises to 207%. This is happens because most kids tend to fool around more and dis

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