"How to Keep Teens Safe Behind the Wheel"

"How to Keep Teens Safe Behind the Wheel" posted in the New York Times


How do you keep teens safe behind the wheel? As a freshman, I will soon be starting to learn how to drive, but I know that my mom especially is scared to death of me being on the roads. In the article, “How to keep teens safe behind the wheel,” posted in the New York Times, explains different rules that parents can enforce to make sure that their child is safe while driving. Some of these rules include things like, banning cell phones in the car and not driving with other teenagers. I feel that a lot of these rules can possibly help lower the number of teen car crashes. Teenagers are involved in about twice as many crashes as 30 to 59-year-olds. Also teens are still more likely to make mistakes and to speed with passengers in the car. I don’t agree with a lot of the rules that are talked about in this article, but I do feel that they are important. The number one thing I am worried about when I start driving is car crashes. I’ve heard so many devastating stories about kids being killed in accidents. You never know when and who it can happen to, Cameron Eliot is one example of this. But what are other ways we can stop these accidents from happening? Will parents just being stricter with their rules on driving decrease the number of teen crashes? I think this is one of today’s biggest problems.