Teenage Drivers are 4 times more
likely to die on the road than are older drivers.
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2003
To participate in the live program
text your comments to 505-918-0683.
Crash rates are the highest
for teens during the first 6 months
and 1,000 miles after licensure.
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McCartt, Shabanova & Leaf. “Driving experience, crashes & traffic
citations of teenage beginning drivers”. 2003
THE PROJECT "CRASH"is a
comprehensive campaign to help youth and parents throughout New Mexico
understand the dangers associated with distracted driving and give
them specific tools and suggestions for lessening the chance of a crash. This
campaign will emphasize the message:
Make good choices when you drive because if you don’t, there
are serious consequences.
link
to Graduated Driver
License Information
This program is brought to you by:
SafeTeen New Mexico
New Mexico Mutual
Bernalillo County DWI Program
Dona Ana County DWI Program
New Mexico Department of Transporation
State Farm Insurance
Independent Insurance Agents of New Mexico
Albuquerque Journal
KOB-TV
KRWG-TV
And
Cooperative Educational Services
In association with
AAA New Mexico
Harding County DWI
New Mexico Coalition of School Administrators
New Mexico PTA
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DRINKING
In 2005, over 1 in 10 high school students
in NM drove after drinking. - Bernalillo County Youth
Risk and Resiliency Survey
CELL PHONES
Drivers using cell phones are 5 times more
likely to crash than non-distracted drivers. People are as
impaired when they drive and talk on a cell phone as
they are when they drive intoxicated. - Summer
Issue “Human Factors”, Research University of Utah 2006
A 20-year-old driver using a cell phone has the reaction time
of a 70-year-old driver. - Feb.2005,
University of Utah
There appears to be no difference in distraction and
reaction times for hands free and non-hands free cell
phone use while driving. - November 2001
issue of Psychological Science.
FRIENDS IN CAR
One teenage passenger with a teen driver doubles the risk of
a fatal crash and the risk is five times higher when
two or more teens ride along. - Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Survey
FATIGUE
It’s a little different for each person, how much sleep they
need …For your average teenager it’s probably somewhere close
to 9 hours. - John Doggett, MD New Mexico Center for Sleep
Medicine
OTHER DISTRACTIONS
Music Player, Eating, Make Up, Smoking, Car Controls
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