Keeping Teens Safe how's my teenager driving in Michigan

Your teen has a 3-in-10 chance of being in a serious traffic accident in their first year of driving, due to inexperience.
– National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

New teen drivers have crash rates FIVE times higher than 18-year-old drivers, due to inexperience.
– National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

The average student drivers training class provides your teen with only 6 hours of driving experience!
–National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

In response to the alarming accident statistics for teen drivers: "If this was a disease that was wiping out our teenagers, there would be no end to what we would do as a society to stop that."
–Dr. Jeffery Range M.D., former NHTA Director

Since March 2003, 2,600 American troops were killed in war-related incidents. In the same 41-month period, over 22,000 teens 15-19 died in car accidents throughout the U.S.

A Great West Casualty Company study of 78 trucking companies found that in the two years after they implemented "How's My Driving" (HMD) programs, accident frequency dropped
by 53%.

Insurance studies of the installation of electronic monitoring "black boxes" in commerical fleets and passenger vehicles have shown, by contrast, only a 20% reduction in accidents. Source: Liberty Mutual Research Int.

Car collisions are the #1 cause of teen deaths

The Keeping Teens Safe program makes teen drivers think twice and gives parents peace of mind.

Why monitor your teen driver?
The number one cause of death for 15-20 year olds is car collisions! Teenage drivers are at a higher risk for being in a car accident because of lack of driving experience, a tendency to take risks while driving, and the feeling that they are invincible.

"I'd rather put a sticker on their car than a rose on their coffin."

On average, your teen driver gets only 6 hours of driving experience when going through driver’s training. This is not much time to gain the experience necessary to handle the endless possibilities encountered in everyday driving situations. Keeping Teens Safe is not a program designed to invade the privacy of your teen driver, but rather create an on-going learning environment.

If it bothers you that your teen driver may cry “invasion of privacy”, don't let it stop you! If it was up to your teen there would be no curfews and they wouldn't see a need for school. We know as parents that these choices wouldn't be in their best interest. This is not a trust issue this is a lack of experience issue.

Decal Saves Lives
Teens admit this has made them a better driver because it makes them stop and think twice before doing something reckless.

Keeping Teens Safe is a very easy program to subscribe to that enables you to keep in touch with how your teen is driving when you are not with them. While your teen may balk at the idea of a 24-hour monitoring program, let them know that it is not a trust issue, it is a lack of experience issue… this is basically on-going driver education.