аЯрЁБс>ўџ 79ўџџџ6џџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџьЅС#` №П0bjbj5G5G .&W-W-0џџџџџџЄЄЄЄЄЄЄЄИмммм№Иyюјњњњњњњ$ghЯКЄїїїЄЄ3С С С ї:ЄЄјС їјС С < ЄЄˆ  НзюˆЧм1 ^T јI0y\ ,‰ ‰ˆ ‰Єˆ p"2С J^™Ћ yїїїїИИИ$мИИИмИИИЄЄЄЄЄЄџџџџ 10 Ways To Help Your Child Drive Responsibly Size up your teenager’s maturity. Academic performance can serve as a yardstick. Does your teen get good grades, complete assignments on time, and generally take responsibility for schoolwork? If not, you might want to reconsider handing over the car keys. Social skills also serve as a good indicator of driving skills. Does your teen respect other people? Do they think things through before they act? Are they impulsive? Schedule regular practice sessions. In terms of safety, the first two years of driving present the greatest risk, so your teen needs you even more after he or she gets a learner’s permit and starts driver’s education classes. Parents must take an active role. The more involved you are, the lower the risk will be. Teens need regular on the road sessions, knowing and abiding by safe driving practices, understanding the rules of the road, and reinforcing them during practice. Be sure to correct mistakes calmly and to provide plenty of praise when your teen does well. Drive the way you expect your teen to drive. Bad drivers beget bad drivers. You become a behind-the-wheel role model for your teen long before he or she reaches driving age. Did your child grow up seeing you ignore speed limits, yak on the cell phone, or gesture rudely to other drivers? Then don’t be surprised if your teen driver does the same. Just say no to peer passengers and night driving. Driving at night and having other teens as passengers are the two biggest risk factors for teenagers. Some states have passed graduated driver’s licensing laws that phase in night driving and the number of passengers. These are state minimum limits. You can and should set tougher limits for your teen and keep them in place longer. This also should apply to your teen as a passenger in a car driven by another teen. Limit distractions. Cell phones, CD’s, iPods, food, makeup—the list of potentially dangerous behind-the-wheel distractions goes on and on. You can’t be with them every second but you can model safe behavior by avoiding such distractions yourself. Insist that your teen not be involved in any distractions such as these while the vehicle is moving. Set clear consequences and stick to them. Just as traffic-law violations earn tickets and other penalties, violations of family driving rules should bring consequences. Depending on the offense, penalties might include fewer driving hours per week, additional supervised driving sessions, or the loss of driving privileges for a specified period. It may be harder on you, but it will be worth it to reinforce the seriousness of abiding by the rules you have set. Put everything in writing. Once you have identified the conditions and restrictions for driving privileges—as well as the consequences for violating them – write them down. Putting everything in writing brings home the point that driving is serious business. The AAA Parent-Teen Driving Agreement can be downloaded a AAA.com/publicaffairs. Schedule regular discussions to monitor progress. The AAA study revealed that parental communication significantly impacts a teen driver’s learning curve. These talks reinforce the importance of practicing safe driving habits. Depending on the results, these discussions provide an opportunity to mete out rewards or implement consequences for breaches in your agreement. Get high-tech help. Although you can’t ride everywhere with your teen to monitor his or her driving, technology, if used appropriately, can help. Several companies offer event data recorders that keep track of maximum speed, acceleration rates, instances of hard braking, and other paramenters that indicate aggressive driving or driving errors. Teens might balk at what they consider electronic eavesdropping. One way to overcome this objection is to be willing to electronically monitor your own driving. Make sure if you install on of these devices it is for the purpose of discouraging risky behavior. 10. Let your teen use the safest car. The least experienced driver should use the safest car, which may not be the family’s oldest car. Don’t allow your teen to drive small, high-powered sports cars; convertibles (which have higher injury rates); or SUVs (which are more likely to roll over). No steps you take can guarantee that your teen will never be in a collision. But taking an active role in teaching your teen to drive safely—even after he or she has obtained a license—is the most important thing you can do to make him or her a safer motorist. 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