July Is Deadliest Month For Florida Teen Drivers

Tampa Ranked #1 In Nation For Deadly Teen Crashes
NORTHBROOK, IL (CBS4) ― When it comes to teens behind the wheel in South Florida – July is the deadliest month.
In a study of federal crash statistics, insurance claims data and U.S. Census bureau statistics on the rate of fatal crashes involving teens, Allstate Insurance found [...]

“Allstate America’s Teen Driving Hotspots” Study Highlights Metro Areas With Highest Rates of Deadly Crashes

WEBWIRE – Friday, May 09, 2008
Study release launches Allstate’s “Action Against Distraction” campaign, stresses dangers of distracted driving, calls for uniform, national Graduated Driver’s License (GDL) laws.
Metro areas in the southern United States scored lowest in a study released today by Allstate Insurance Company that identifies “hotspots” where fatal teen driving crash rates are highest. [...]

‘Symbols’ Help To Recognize Teen Drivers, Granted U.S. Federal Trademark Registration

For Immediate Release

SPRING LAKE, Michigan, April 24, 2008 - RookieDriver.Net, a leading online provider of teen driving safety products, announced today the official award of two registered trademarks from the United States Patent and Trademark Office.  Trademarks were granted for the company’s ‘Rookie Driver’ and ‘Rookie Driver In Training’ auto magnets, “for use as nationally [...]

Risk of teen drivers reaches others

By Jayne O’Donnell, USA TODAY
New teenage drivers are more dangerous than previously thought: Nearly two of every three people killed in crashes involving 15- to 17-year-old drivers are people other than the driver, auto club AAA will announce today.

Teenagers have long been the riskiest on the road. AAA’s analysis shows that unlike elderly drivers, who [...]

Allstate Survey: Nine of Ten Teens Want Friends To Be Safer on the Road in the New Year

With motor vehicle accidents claiming between 5,000 and 6,000 teen lives each year, a new survey commissioned by Allstate Insurance reveals that many teens do not take personal responsibility for safe driving and continue to engage in dangerous driving behaviors.While nearly 90 percent of teens surveyed said they hope their friends will be safer on [...]

Young Drivers & Their Parents

Young Drivers Need Good Training And Caring, Involved Parents ; Keeping New Drivers Safe on the Road Can’t Be Entirely a Matter of Strict Laws.
by Portland Press Herald
July 20, 2007
What makes a driver safe?
While the typical young driver has the edge on most older ones in faster reflexes and sharper vision and hearing, there’s one [...]

New ‘Teen Driving’ Alerts Taking Off Nationally

A mother’s drive to keep her teen son safe behind the wheel has grown into a business gaining national exposure.

Rookie Driver.Net is a Midwest company gaining national recognition on the issue of teen driving safety thru a line of safety alert products created by a mom and her teenage son.  Their products are currently sold in 44 states and Canada.
Are You [...]

Important Things to Remember for Safe Teen Driving

A new teen driver, as well as an experienced driver, can prevent collisions by reducing driver distractions and maintaining control of their vehicles.
The following list will help all kinds of drivers with varying levels of experience drive safely.  First of all – buckle-up. And, be sure all of your passengers are buckled up.
Are You Worried [...]

Young driver creates cool way to get drivers to back off

Are You Worried Now That Your Teen Is Driving? “When it comes to ‘New-Driver’ and ‘Student Driver’ car magnets, Rookie Driver products are the Preferred Choice of New Teen Drivers”

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SPRING LAKE — Corinne Fortenbacher’s drive to keep her son safe behind the wheel has grown into a business that is gaining national [...]

Teach your teen to be a safe passenger

Are You Worried Now That Your Teen Is Driving?  “Finally, a ‘New Driver’ car magnet my teenager is willing to accept….”
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Almost half of traffic accident deaths are passengers, not drivers. This means your teen has the same fatality risk riding with a teen driver as she does driving.
Local teens surveyed said that [...]