How Can Parents Protect Their Teen Drivers From Engaging In An Accident?

As teenagers grow, they adapt and acquire the desire to be independent. Living on their own, taking care of their bills, taking part-time jobs to pay for their college and to drive. Parents play a key role in monitoring their child’s activities and preparing them for their independence. Apart from household chores and bills, road safety is a crucial job. 

“Road traffic safety refers to the methods and measures used to prevent road users from being killed or seriously injured.”

Traffics in cities like Texas is so common that one will find it on all roads at all times. Needless to say, proper driving skills are the need of the hour for budding teenagers. Also is the knowledge of driving properly. With the growing trends of being “cool” and “popular” teenagers tend to engage in rash driving and life-threatening road activities which may even be fatal. All this just to gain attention.  Insecurities and desperation drive teenagers to risk their all. 

Key Role of Parents

• Parents should always accompany their teen drivers in the initial stages of their learning, for a safe period of up to 6 months. 
• Teaching their children the role of every part of the vehicle, its uses, its misuses, its dangers, and its techniques.
• Taking them to a traffic-prone area after they have learned the basics and monitoring their every move as they make way through the area.
• Teaching their children the importance of driving calmly as most teen drivers accidents take place when the driver is either aggressive (or therefore abusive), drowsy or distracted. 
• Moreover, showing the consequences of rash driving gives them clarity of the danger they’re about to face. 
• Educating children on the difference between “cool” and “fatal” is all the more important in this era.
• Instruct them not to use cell phones or loud music or eat while driving to avoid being distracted and better focus on what’s coming at them.
• Make sure to note that your teen drivers have a habit of checking temperature and radio volume before heading off and not meddle with it mid-driving.
• Young drivers should keep their eyes on the road and know traffic rules, traffic lights, traffic signs, and what these symbols mean which they’re supposed to learn from their parents.
• Installing VSTs in the automobile.  “Vehicle safety technology (VST) in the automotive industry refers to the special technology developed to ensure the safety and security of automobiles and their passengers.”
• Introducing disc brakes, anti-lock braking systems, speed monitoring and warning systems, lane departure warnings in the vehicle.

Benefits of Driving Safely

• You are not at risk of hurting yourself or others such as pedestrians, cyclists, motorists, vehicle passengers, and passengers of on-road public transportation such as buses on the road. 
• You’ll be able to keep a perfect and clean driving record which may save you from future tickets.
• You become responsible. Driving hands responsibility to the driver. Responsibility of safety, the safety of oneself, the safety of passengers, and the safety of others using the road.

What To Do If Got Into An Accident?

If teenagers get into an accident because of any reason or due to reckless teenage driving, they can be saved from the consequences if they are aware of the following necessities: 

• FIRST AID 
• CPR
• PERSONAL INJURY ATTORNEY 
• DEFENCE COUNSEL