LIGHTING THE WAY TO LIFELONG SAFE DRIVING

Driving is a skill requiring practice, safety, and focus. More often than not, it is a luxury taken for granted rather than a potentially dangerous task handled cautiously. Lack of sufficient experience behind the wheel leads to poor decision making and fatal accidents. Teen drivers are especially at risk for this, as automobile crashes are the leading cause of death among American teenagers, killing 13 times as many young people as drugs each year. While drivers aged 15-20 make up only 6.7% of the total driving population, they are involved in 14% of all fatal crashes. The platform of Miss Spokane (Washington) 2000, Fianna Dickson, was titled Lighting the Way to Lifelong Safe Driving. It was designed to provide parents and teenagers with information about improving driving skills.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond

  Traffic Safety Institute, 253 Stratton Building
  Richmond, KY  United States  40475-3102
• Authors:
  • Dickson, F
• Publication Date: 2000

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 13
• Serial:
  • The Chronicle
  • Volume: 48
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana
  • ISSN: 0164-1344

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobile driving; Crash rates; Driver education; Fatalities; Teenage drivers; Traffic crashes; Traffic safety; Traffic safety education
• Geographic Terms: Spokane (Washington)
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00804047
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 20 2001 12:00AM