Are you a parent? Do you have a teen that's learning to drive?
If the answer is "Yes" to both of the above, get your things together because we're about to put on a clinic.
According to a study released by AAA, parents just aren't doing a great job at providing their kids with enough exposure in the real, driving world. This further highlights the importance of having your kid go to a proper driving school and even consider more intense driving courses so they're fully aware of how to control/handle a vehicle. Remember, accidents can be avoided with spilt-second decision making and if one isn't able to handle that in a high pressure situation, likely there will be an accident.
Essentially, at the end of the day, it all boils down to experience. New drivers need to be challenged with weather conditions, various roads and numerous environments.
Parents play a large role in teaching their teens to drive, but a new study by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety finds that in the first year of the supervised driving phase, teens are not fully exposed to all driving experiences. Nearly half of parents surveyed after the year-long learner’s stage reported that there was still at least one condition in which they didn’t feel comfortable letting their teen drive on their own. However, more than a third allow their teen to receive a license within a month of eligibility.
Further, one in three parents didn’t think their teen was ready to drive unsupervised in heavy highway traffic, and one in five didn’t feel comfortable with their teen driving in heavy rain...
[Source: Consumer Reports]
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