Young Passengers Pose Big Risks to New Teen Drivers
Author: Susan Pedo .
Source: Volume 19, Number 03, Summer 2015 , pp.52-52(1)
< previous article |next article > |return to table of contents
Abstract:
This article addresses dangerous practice of driving with peer passengers. Although families have long recognized the risk that young passengers pose to novice drivers 34 states still allow new drivers to carry at least one young passenger without adult supervision a problem best served by graduated driver license laws and education.Keywords: novice drivers; passenger restrictions; driving younger siblings
Affiliations:
1: New York Teen Safe Driving Coalition.