Teen Drivers 50 Percent More Likely to Crash in First Month ofUnsupervised Driving Than After First Year Behind the Wheel

Teen Drivers 50 Percent More Likely to Crash in First Month of
Unsupervised Driving Than After First Year Behind the Wheel

In�Vehicle Cameras Capture First Months of Solo Driving

Washington, D.C.— According to a new study from the AAA Foundation for
Traffic Safety, teen drivers are approximately 50 percent more likely
to crash in the first month of driving than they are after a full year
of experience driving on their own, and are nearly twice as likely to
crash as they are after two full years of experience.

Analyzing the crashes of new drivers in North Carolina, researchers
found that three common mistakes—failure to reduce speed, inattention,
and failure to yield – accounted for 57 percent of all crashes in
which teens were at least partially responsible during their first
month of licensed driving.

Additionally, when researchers looked at specific types of crashes in
relation to how long the driver had been licensed, they found that
some types of crashes occurred at relatively high rates at first and
declined particularly quickly with experience. For example, crashes
involving left hand turns were common during the first few months of
driving but declined almost immediately.

The high initial rate and subsequent steep decline in certain types of
crashes appeared to reflect teens’ initial inexperience followed by
rapid learning.

Crash types that decline more slowly appear to result not from lack of
understanding, but from failure to master certain driving skills.

“We know that young drivers’ crash rates decrease quickly as they gain
experience. What our new study tells us is that there are a few
specific abilities that we could do a better job of helping teens
develop before they begin driving independently,� said AAA Foundation
President and CEO Peter Kissinger.

A related AAA Foundation study used in�vehicle cameras to monitor
teens when they were learning to drive with parents, followed by the
first 6 months of licensed driving without their parents in the car.
The research found that while teens had their learner’s permits,
routine trips on familiar roads under relatively easy driving
conditions accounted for the bulk of the time spent behind the wheel.

The study also illustrated changes in teen behavior when a parent is
no longer in the car. While the vast majority of driving caught on
camera was uneventful, the study did capture a number of close calls
due to simple mistakes likely attributable to inexperience, along with
a few instances of texting behind the wheel, horseplay with
passengers, running red lights, and other potentially distracting or
dangerous behaviors.
http://www.aaafoundation.org/multime...edDrivingClips
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- gpsman

On 10/19/2011 8:04 AM, gpsman wrote:
> Teen Drivers 50 Percent More Likely to Crash in First Month of
> Unsupervised Driving Than After First Year Behind the Wheel
>
> In�Vehicle Cameras Capture First Months of Solo Driving
>
> Washington, D.C.— According to a new study from the AAA Foundation for
> Traffic Safety, teen drivers are approximately 50 percent more likely
> to crash in the first month of driving than they are after a full year
> of experience driving on their own, and are nearly twice as likely to
> crash as they are after two full years of experience.
>
> Analyzing the crashes of new drivers in North Carolina, researchers
> found that three common mistakes—failure to reduce speed, inattention,
> and failure to yield – accounted for 57 percent of all crashes in
> which teens were at least partially responsible during their first
> month of licensed driving.
>
> Additionally, when researchers looked at specific types of crashes in
> relation to how long the driver had been licensed, they found that
> some types of crashes occurred at relatively high rates at first and
> declined particularly quickly with experience. For example, crashes
> involving left hand turns were common during the first few months of
> driving but declined almost immediately.
>
> The high initial rate and subsequent steep decline in certain types of
> crashes appeared to reflect teens’ initial inexperience followed by
> rapid learning.
>
> Crash types that decline more slowly appear to result not from lack of
> understanding, but from failure to master certain driving skills.
>
> “We know that young drivers’ crash rates decrease quickly as they gain
> experience. What our new study tells us is that there are a few
> specific abilities that we could do a better job of helping teens
> develop before they begin driving independently,� said AAA Foundation
> President and CEO Peter Kissinger.
>
> A related AAA Foundation study used in�vehicle cameras to monitor
> teens when they were learning to drive with parents, followed by the
> first 6 months of licensed driving without their parents in the car.
> The research found that while teens had their learner’s permits,
> routine trips on familiar roads under relatively easy driving
> conditions accounted for the bulk of the time spent behind the wheel.
>
> The study also illustrated changes in teen behavior when a parent is
> no longer in the car. While the vast majority of driving caught on
> camera was uneventful, the study did capture a number of close calls
> due to simple mistakes likely attributable to inexperience, along with
> a few instances of texting behind the wheel, horseplay with
> passengers, running red lights, and other potentially distracting or
> dangerous behaviors.
> http://www.aaafoundation.org/multime...edDrivingClips
> -----
>
> - gpsman
All this stuff by porch sitters and socialists that believe no one can
do anything unless they are registered, certified, monitored and their
hand held, with a whip over them has go to stop.
My Father, Uncles and lots of others drove as young as none years old. I
don't remember when Drivers Licenses started but most assuredly some
"There ought to be law" and "ordinary people aren't smart enough with
out proper training" porch sitters stated it. I and many drove at 14 to
get to school and art time jobs officially with licenses. Without it I
drove before ten, on a tractor to town and an old p/u all over the mtns.
Kids are not stupid nor are normal adults. Of course that is changing as
TV and Computers are all they know and Socialists convince them that
they are too stupid to do anything without their licensing and
supervision and proper training in the socialist way.
you can no longer simply paddle a canoe with out a safety course and
certificate. You cannot blow a stump. You have to hire a licensed
expensive outfit. you cannot drill or dig a well without a permit.
You can't drink unpasteurized milk.
You can't go hunting without a safety course and buying a license, on
your own property.
The list is endless. The point is that Socialist have determined we and
our children are stupid and incapable of doing anything without their
oversight and approval and license

On Wed, 19 Oct 2011 21:21:31 -0400, Fred > wrote:

Substitute capitalist for socialist and I'd agree with you.

>you can no longer simply paddle a canoe with out a safety course and
>certificate.

It ain't a socialist who teaches the course and sells the
certificates.

>You cannot blow a stump. You have to hire a licensed
>expensive outfit. you cannot drill or dig a well without a permit.
>You can't drink unpasteurized milk.

It ain't a socialist you hire to blow the stump, drill the well and
pasteurize the milk.

>You can't go hunting without a safety course and buying a license, on
>your own property.

It ain't a socialist selling the safety course and the license.

>The list is endless. The point is that Socialist have determined we and
>our children are stupid and incapable of doing anything without their
>oversight and approval and license

And capitalists are all too happy to provide that oversight and
license - at an inflated price - with the aid of their stooges the
socialists.

--
"I love this country and the freedoms we used to have."
--George Carlin

On 10/20/2011 1:49 AM, necromancer wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Oct 2011 21:21:31 -0400, > wrote:
>
> Substitute capitalist for socialist and I'd agree with you.
>
>> you can no longer simply paddle a canoe with out a safety course and
>> certificate.
>
> It ain't a socialist who teaches the course and sells the
> certificates.
>
>> You cannot blow a stump. You have to hire a licensed
>> expensive outfit. you cannot drill or dig a well without a permit.
>> You can't drink unpasteurized milk.
>
> It ain't a socialist you hire to blow the stump, drill the well and
> pasteurize the milk.
>
>> You can't go hunting without a safety course and buying a license, on
>> your own property.
>
> It ain't a socialist selling the safety course and the license.
>
>> The list is endless. The point is that Socialist have determined we and
>> our children are stupid and incapable of doing anything without their
>> oversight and approval and license
>
> And capitalists are all too happy to provide that oversight and
> license - at an inflated price - with the aid of their stooges the
> socialists.
>
> --
> "I love this country and the freedoms we used to have."
> --George Carlin
The terms are meaningless or the actual practices so intertwined to be
confusing beyond a couple of common labels.
They kept calling America a Capitalist country until it was flung in
their face that Marxist China is a capitalist country.
They are some kind of Ruler and cooperate or support each other as long
as the dollars are right?

On Wed, 19 Oct 2011 05:04:19 -0700 (PDT), gpsman
> wrote:

>Teen Drivers 50 Percent More Likely to Crash in First Month of
>Unsupervised Driving Than After First Year Behind the Wheel

You mean lack of experience leads to more mistakes? Who'd a thunk...

On 10/24/2011 6:51 AM, Dave Head wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Oct 2011 05:04:19 -0700 (PDT), gpsman
> > wrote:
>
>> Teen Drivers 50 Percent More Likely to Crash in First Month of
>> Unsupervised Driving Than After First Year Behind the Wheel
>
> You mean lack of experience leads to more mistakes? Who'd a thunk...
That popular old notion doesn't square with realities.
There are those that I hired that could rise to only learn by mistakes
they made.
There was those that could learn by the mistakes made by others and made
mistakes.
There was those that learned by success of others and made fewer mistakes
There were those that learned by success of others and reason and made
no mistakes.
Most of our kids are capable, of the last two and don't drive through
bank at ninety miles an hour.
The Liberals are damned to convince everyone that everyone is incapable
of anything without their instruction and monitoring and licensing.
They can't lead their own lives but want to manage everyone else's.
I was told to plow wit the mule. I figured it out without much hassle
except to the mule. I was nine or so years old.
Most people are not stupid until you tell they are.