Parents as Driver Role Models for Kids – Video

The truth is that your kids learn more from your behavior than you think they do.

Positive role modelling by parents of 5-12 year old’s has the potential to have a huge influence on their child’s future driving behavior.

The Australian Transport Accident Commission (TAC) has used this key piece of research to develop this, our latest campaign and the …

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Distraction and Teen Car Crashes: AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety

The most comprehensive research ever conducted into crash videos of teen drivers has found significant evidence that distracted driving is likely much more serious a problem than previously known, according to the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. The unprecedented video analysis finds that distraction was a factor in nearly 6 out of 10 moderate-to-severe teen crashes, which is four times …

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New Malibu Tech Helps Parents Teach Kids Safe Driving

chevyteenThe all-new 2016 Chevrolet Malibu will debut Teen Driver, a system that provides parents with a tool to help encourage safe driving habits for their kids, even when they are not in the car with them. Teen Driver supports safe driving habits by muting the audio of the radio or any device paired with the vehicle when front seat occupants …

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MADD Celebrates 35th Anniversary – “No More Victims” – Adding Drugged Driving to Mission

MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING LOGOThirty-five years after a grieving mother started one of the most influential and effective grassroots movements in history, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) announces its new National President, Colleen Sheehey-Church, the first victim of drugged driving to serve as MADD’s National President, effective January 1, 2015. Sheehey-Church joined MADD in 2005, a year after her 18-year-old son, Dustin, drowned …

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Your Teen Magazine for Parents – Parental Anxiety about Teen Driving

yourteenNew series from Your Teen Magazine for Parents contributors addresses the harrowing and sometimes humorous anxiety that parents experience when their first teenaged child takes to the road in the family car – with a salvo of ideas to stave off nervous breakdowns included.

Although just about every parent can remember with fondness their first drive behind the wheel of …

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