What safe driving tips would you offer teens learning to drive?

A recent study of automobile accidents suggests that teens are becoming better drivers. What advice would you offer teens who are getting behind the steering wheel for the first time?
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TAKE A DRIVERS EDUCATION COURSE!!!!!

In my 33 years of driving I have not had a single traffic ticket or accident caused by me. I was t-boned last year because someone was not paying attention and flew through a stop sign. The same thing happened at the same intersection just the other day but I pay more attention to these intersections now and plan on raising this issue with the city, as more and more townhouses are forcing traffic onto side streets as short cuts.

I owe the fact I have survived this long with a safe driving record to the wonderful driving instructions I got through HIGH SCHOOL…because the Young Drivers course was offered AFTER SCHOOL for 10 weeks and what I learned there has been INVALUABLE and I am 100 percent confident that is why I am and always have been a good DEFENSIVE and ALERT driver.

Many drivers today, are clueless. Not just teens either. I believe our standards have diminished considerably when it comes to who should get the PRIVILEGE to drive a car, and perhaps it’s time we put the ONUS back onto government, who should make it MANDATORY that classroom instructions are taught to all future WOULD BE drivers in this country (Canada).

People today have no idea about the rules of the road, and are in such a hurry. Young drivers especially think they are invincible and let me tell you, you are not, and the safety of pedestrians has been greatly jeapardized as more and more motorists expect pedestrians to give THEM the right of way, and almost get annoyed at the inconvenience of having to stop at an intersection.

So my greatest advice, to most teens, who I KNOW have GOOD COMMON SENSE, is to take the time to take a good driving course, which teaches you many great things including getting to know your vehicle and it’s parts, safety and maintenance etc. You should know your road, your signage, your rights and your vehicle, as well as your responsibility as a person entitled with the right to drive. It could save YOUR life or the life of another.

And I agree…CELL PHONES should be banned…it’s the only way to get the dummies who think a vehicle was meant to be steered with one hand while their head is off in la-la land to listen.

I hold the government accountable for their inaction on that issue.

Does anyone even know that they should drive one car length behind a vehicle for every 10 miles they are doing? That is the distance you need to safely stop your vehicle. Show me anyone who drives that way anymore on the highway…when you do, they tell you that YOU are the one with the driving problem!!!

As parents I think you need to be the ones who need to be responsible in knowing if your child is mature enough to have the responsibility of driving.

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