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FACT: A teenager is killed in a car crash every 64 1/2 minutes. (NHTSA)
FACT: A teenager is injured in a car crash every 55 seconds (NHTSA)
FACT: Teenagers make up 7% of licensed drivers, but suffer 14% of fatalities
and 20% of all reported accidents.
FACT: The driver fatality rate for 16-year-olds is 9 times the rate for drivers
30 to 60 years old.
FACT: 85% of crashes by 16-year-old drivers are attributed to "Driver Error,"
Not speed. Not drugs. Not alcohol.
FACT: There are approximately 13,000,000 drivers between 16 and 20 years
old today (US Census Bureau) That number is expected to grow to over 16,000,000
in just 10 years.
FACT: The cost of police-reported crashes involving teen drivers in 2002
was $40,800,000,000 ($40.8 Billion) (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)
FACT: There is no in-car driver training in the high school systems in 25
states. There is no driver ed at all in another 7 states.
FACT: In the overwhelming majority of states, a driver's license is issued
to a 16-year-old with no official ever having seen the teenager drive a car on the
road.
FACT: The average 16-year-old soccer player has had 1,500 hours of coached
soccer practice, but only 50 hours of driving experience is required in most states
for a driver's license.
FACT: Parents are quite prepared to spend over $100 for a cool pair of sneakers
for their teen. $169 for a New Driver Car Control Clinic that might save their life
seems like a no-brainer.
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