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MCC Daily Tribune

Teen Driving Awareness Month

Teen Driving Awareness Month is observed every year in January to spread awareness about teen driving and the risks associated with it. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (C.D.C.) reports that every day, six teenagers between the ages of 16 and 19 die in car crashes. This roughly equates to 2,100 teenagers dying every year. We can certainly play our part in preventing such cases. Teen Driving Awareness Month is celebrated as a full month every year to spread awareness about the issue.

HOW TO OBSERVE TEEN DRIVING AWARENESS MONTH

  1. Encourage parental involvement

    As parents, it is their responsibility to ensure that their children are engaged in safe driving practices. To encourage this participation and involvement of parents, different awareness campaigns can be initiated.

  2. On-road awareness posters and banners

    Who does not like arts and poster making? Call in a few people and teenagers from the society to participate in an awareness-based poster-making session that can later be put on the roadsides to indirectly build awareness in people and teenagers especially.

  3. Insist on enforcing strict laws and punishments

    A few good examples of strict action against lawbreakers by the police, and enough support towards those policemen for their conduct should do the trick to instill fear in teenagers. This fear should serve as a trigger for responsible driving.

5 FACTS ABOUT TEEN DRIVING

  1. Girls drove better than boys

    Among these casualties, more boys than girls were found in incidents of car crashes.

  2. Seven deaths every day

    In 2019, it was recorded that every day, seven teenagers died in car crashes.

  3. Three times the risk

    Teenagers between 16 and 19 are three times more prone to being involved in a car crash than those who are 20 and above.

  4. 52% crashes occur over the weekend

    Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays have reported the maximum % teenage car accidents.

  5. 43.1% don’t wear seatbelts

    According to a survey, 43.1% of teenagers openly confessed to not wearing a seatbelt while driving.

WHY TEEN DRIVING AWARENESS MONTH IS IMPORTANT

  1. Awareness is important

    We need to spread maximum awareness so that this initiative gains the attention it needs. It is our teenagers who fall victim to their irresponsible behavior, but it is their parents and society that suffer. Together we need to create a culture that raises responsible teens.

  2. The right message needs to be sent

    We do not call for a ban on teen driving, we emphasize the need to take measures to encourage safe driving. Teens should undergo a proper driving test and then once they clear the test, then and only then they should be allowed to drive.

  3. We are losing too many teenagers for nothing

    It is a difficult fact but it is what it is. Lack of parental supervision and responsible attitude in our teenagers leads to around seven deaths daily. This can easily be avoided or at least reduced significantly by counseling our teens and encouraging maturity. This month, we can organize all sorts of events and activities to spread awareness for the cause and its impact.

 

Teen Driving Awareness Month - National Today - https://nationaltoday.com/teen-driving-awareness-month/

Sarah Benedict
MCC Wellness Council
01/26/2023