We all want our teens to be safe drivers.  As parents and guardians we need to remember, our teens will be influenced by our driving habits.  Driving at a safe speed, practicing defensive driving habits, and keeping a safe following distance are the most important ways to avoid being in a collision.  Driving in this manner and teaching our teens to drive in this manner will avert collisions.

You may be interested in looking at the following articles in USATODAY.Com.  This is sobering and meant to help parents realize that just because your teen has obtained their license to drive, they are not fully experienced and make more driver errors than do older drivers.  This information is to help you as parents and guardians to be very involved in developing safe driving habits and behavior in our teens.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-02-28-teen-drive-cover-usat_x.htm

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-10-24-teen-drivers_x.htm