PARENTS OR FRIENDS THAT HAVE HAD A TEEN DIE IN CAR ACCIDENT:?

Raffi G

Well if I had kids I would make sure they don't drink and drive or have some wacky friends.
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Krystal TTC#1

in NC my brother that I never knew passed away in a car accident. From what I have heard he was driving a lexus with 3 other friends. They were going for a joy ride and it was foggy and they lost control of the car and hit a huge tree and smashed the whole car.
I feel like when I see teens driving fast without any care no signals nothing that they should be more caucious and careful when they are driving cause you never know the people around you could be drunk, partly blind, you may even be in someones blind spot and they could hit you. Speeding kills and it is very dangerous!
When I found out that my brother passed away I was hurt and didnt know how to feel cause I barely knew him and at the time I was trying to contact him so we could keep up with each others lives.

Friendly Stranger..

I have never had a friend or a child that died in a car accident however I can give you some useful information.

National Teen Driving Statistics

* Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for teenagers.
* 16 year-olds have higher crash rates than drivers of any other age.
* 16-year-olds are three times more likely to die in a motor vehicle crash than the average of all drivers.
* 3,490 drivers age 15-20 died in car crashes in 2006, up slightly from 2005.
* Drivers age 15-20 accounted for 12.9 percent of all the drivers involved in fatal crashes and 16 percent of all the drivers involved in police-reported crashes in 2006.

According to a 2005 survey of 1,000 people ages 15 and 17, conducted by the Allstate Foundation

* More than half (56 percent) of young drivers use cell phones while driving,
* 69 percent said that they speed to keep up with traffic
* 64 percent said they speed to go through a yellow light.
* 47 percent said that passengers sometimes distract them.
* Nearly half said they believed that most crashes involving teens result from drunk driving.

As far as precautions, the main thing is to pay attention. Many teens lack the ability to pay attention and they are immature. They need to grow before they start driving. Also education about these statistics helps teens to understand that deaths and injuries happen everyday.

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