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- When the kids are young
you look for the best daycare

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you look for the best car seat

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and all of a sudden your
kid is old enough to drive.

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Parents should let their kids

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be the best drivers they can be.

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- Help them become functional,
safe, competent adults

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without dying first.

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- The leading cause of
death among adolescents

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is motor vehicle crashes.

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- It's a misconception to think that teens

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don't understand the risks of driving.

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They do.

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But the challenge is with teens

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is that when they're in the moment

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they might make the wrong decision.

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- Parents play a key role
in preventing teen crashes.

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When asked who's opinions they listen to

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teens most often said their parents.

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- Safe driving is really about judgment.

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- [Flaura] We know that it's
not til they're about 25

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that the prefrontal cortex,
the CEO of the brain

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is completely developed.

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- And a lot of the things
that aren't developed are

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their risk management, decision making,

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and types of things that they
need to be a good safe driver.

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(car honking)

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- The number one crash risk
for teens is inexperience.

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They need to practice with the parent

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so that the parent can pass on

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their knowledge and experience.

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- The more hours the better

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and in a variety of conditions.

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- [Eliseo] On a winter day

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there's parking lots all over the place.

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Work on skid controls.

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That way when the situation does arise

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they're ready to go.

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- We see that there're two big things

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that are affecting teens.

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Number one, it's inexperience.

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And number two is distraction.

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- Distractions.

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Now what might be some
common distractions?

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- Eating, drinking, texting,

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anything that has to do with
not looking at the road.

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- They don't understand the
challenges of distraction.

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And I think parents can
help by just setting rules.

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Set in place the expectation that driving

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is a privilege that you earn.

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And you earn it by showing
maturity, showing good skill.

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And graduated driver licensing,

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which is the law that's in most states

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allows parents to build on that.

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- The first stage is the learners permit

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where the teen is driving
with adult supervision.

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The second stage is where a
teen can drive by themselves

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but they have certain restrictions

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such as not being allowed to drive

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with other teen passengers in the car

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or driving at night.

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And the third stage is full licensure.

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- We suggest that before teens
get their independent license

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that the teen and the parent negotiate

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the driving privileges
that the teen will have

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for a period of time.

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- The parent who is an
authoritative parent

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who actually sets rules, makes
sure the teen follows it,

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you work on that together,

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those teens are half as likely to crash.