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Parents of Teen Drivers

So, what does a parent think while sitting in the passenger seat and their teen is driving with a permit license? A ?bump? in the parking lot with another car? Traffic tickets for moving violations? Insurance rates sky-rocketing?

If you visit search engines you can find several resources to assist you on this subject. Try searching on the phrase ?parents with teen drivers?. Alternatively we have tried to make this easy for you if you visit our news page on this very topic.

A few resources on the web for parents are:

Parent-Teen Contract

You might also consider using a driving safety contract between you and your teen. This is an agreement that your child signs, in which he agrees to be a safe driver by following all restrictions you have imposed or risk losing his driving privileges. An example of this can be found at:
http://www.ipromiseprogram.com/

Talk It Out

Work with your teen driver to talk through their thought process while driving. Let?s not over-do this to the point that they cannot concentrate on driving. More specifics can be found in the book for parents at:
http://www.safeyoungdrivers.com/

Helpful thoughts for parents in brief are:

• Drive by example
• Watch your emotional response while your teen is driving
• Work with your teen on various driving conditions, not just dry sunny days.
• Large open fields or empty parking lots are good sources for practicing

Of course while you?re working with your teen driver and their permit license, we have to keep the drivers around us in mind too. Auto Safety Magnets has a focus strictly on car safety for teen drivers, their parents and driving schools. Our magnets will increase road awareness and traffic safety. Help keep the roads safe for you and other drivers. We invite you to sign-up for our free newsletter covering Driving Schools, Car Safety and Teen Drivers at our website.

More information about the above can be found at:
www.essortment.com
www.keepkidshealthy.com

About The Author

Melih Oztalay, CEO
Auto Safety Magnets
www.autosafetymagnets.com
melih@autosafetymagnets.com

MAC chief urges UK Government to put emphasis on driver training as new research suggests better driver education could cut company car accidents by over 70%

This article courtesy of http://driverseducationguide.com

More than seventy per cent of company car accidents could be prevented if drivers were given specific training according to one of the UK's leading driver training companies.

In depth interviews with 100 company car drivers who had been involved in an accident reveal that 71 admitted that their own driving was a contributory factor, and that there was more they could have done to avoid a crash.

The figures compiled by MAC Driver Training, also suggest that better training could help avoid up to 70,000 traffic accidents each year and save UK companies over £100 million.

MAC Driver Training is calling for the removal of VAT on driver training to make it more affordable, and for the Government to introduce a P11D tax allowance for those who complete a driver training course.

Tom Jones, general manager at MAC Driver Training and former police trainer with over twenty years driver training experience, believes post test assessments and training would substantially cut accidents on UK roads. "A driver will invariably say there was nothing they could have done to prevent an accident," he says. "But this is just not true. In our experience seven out of ten fleet drivers admit there was something more they could have done to prevent an accident. We need to teach drivers better observation skills and teach them to drive to the conditions of the road. At present this isn't happening."



In the UK, company car drivers are responsible for one third of all accidents, despite the fact that they make up only 10% of road users. "There are many facts and figures available about road safety but one figure we cannot change or escape from is that 3,443 people were killed on our roads during 2001, 1% more than in 2000," says Jones.

"Whatever happened to the road safety officer's three Es: education, engineering and enforcement? Have we abandoned driver education in favour of enforcement? The Government seems to have all its eggs in one speed camera basket, hoping the ‘speed kills' campaign will achieve a targeted 40% reduction in road casualties by 2010."

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Editor's note:
MAC Driver Training General manager and spokesman (also fluent in Welsh) is available for interview by calling Energy PR.

For further information or photos contact:

Peter Walker
Energy PR
+44(0)1993 823011
peter@energypr.co.uk
www.energypr.co.uk