Despite progress in recent decades, motor vehicle crashes are still the leading cause of death of teens in the U.S. In 2013, nearly 4,000 drivers 15 to 20 years old were involved in fatal crashes1. And a strong economy means more disposable income that puts more teens at risk on the road – often in older cars without …
Archives for October 2015
New Report Calls for Expanding Teen Safe Driving Efforts
October 22, 2015
Stanford’s Self-Driving, Electric, Drifting DeLorean
October 22, 2015
Stanford University students built an autonomous DeLorean capable of stable, precise drifting at large angles in order to study how cars perform in extreme situations, which could ultimately guide the development of autonomous safety protocols.…
Financial Test Drive Website to Educate Youth on Auto Finance and Ownership
October 16, 2015
A new national survey finding that teen drivers lack basic knowledge of automobile finance and total vehicle ownership costs has sparked Junior Achievement USA (JA) and American Honda Finance Corporation (AHFC) to create a new website, www.financialtestdrive.org, to help young drivers navigate the financial aspects of owning and maintaining a vehicle. JA and AHFC launched the new web tool …
Consumer Reports – Car Insurance Prices Are Unfair
October 16, 2015
The amounts drivers pay for their car insurance premiums are based on confounding algorithms that increasingly have more to do with socioeconomic factors than driving habits, according to extensive research conducted by Consumer Reports.
The organization, which believes that knowledge about the going rate of any product or service is a fundamental consumer right, has released the findings of a …
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