SOBERING FACTS ABOUT YOUNG DRIVERS

WRECK-LESS DRIVING ©
by Gunther Doerfert, Auto Safety Columnist

SOBERING FACTS ABOUT YOUNG DRIVERS
EVERYWHERE, USA: This column is written for licensed drivers of all ages. But today I am addressing the mature drivers. Since most have children or grandchildren age 16 to 24, these sad statistics should cause us to seek more auto safety for them (or from them?):

· 30% of all persons killed in road vehicle/train crashes are age 16-24.
· 24% who die in wrecks with other vehicles are age 16-24.
· 34% who die in wrecks with fixed objects are in this age group.
· 28% of all crashes are caused by drivers this age.
· 33% who die in single vehicle wrecks are age 16-24.
· This age group, more often than any other, refuses to use the safety belts.
· 26 young persons age 16-24 die every day on US roads.
· 13 of these 26 deaths involve alcohol consumption.
· Most of these young persons have had a formal driver education class.

Surely parents and grandparents try to be safety role models for them. These reckless youngsters kill and maim a lot of innocent passengers and other drivers while doing the same to themselves. There must be something more we can do to assure them a long and healthy life. Some states have issued now restricted time-of-day- and location licenses for the youngest drivers. Other states demand passing grades in school in return for the privilege to drive.
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