Think & Drive Set for April 11
This year's Think & Drive Day will continue a CA Upper School tradition of encouraging our youngest drivers to practice safe, distraction-free driving at all times. The day's program will feature guest speakers, emergency personnel, wrecked vehicles as visual reminders, as well as videos that support the mission of safer driving.
With the harsh reality of the recent Lakewood High School tragedy, we should be regularly repeating the messages around auto safety. Sadly, traffic accidents are the leading cause of death for teens, and roughly one-third of these accidents involve alcohol or another substance.
Many thanks to parents Martha Solis-Turner and Caroline Rodawig for planning and organizing the day with the support of class deans. The parent volunteers will be creating a link in the PA Portal for Think and Drive. This link will lead parents to a page with information about drinking under the influence of alcohol and drugs, as well as to the dangers of texting while driving. It will also have the link to Werner Herzog's documentary "From One Second To The Next-Texting While Driving, which the junior class watched on Wednesday in school. For now, here is youtube video link for parents called The Last Text (approx. 4 min)--http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DH1JGlYOL0
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With the harsh reality of the recent Lakewood High School tragedy, we should be regularly repeating the messages around auto safety. Sadly, traffic accidents are the leading cause of death for teens, and roughly one-third of these accidents involve alcohol or another substance.
Many thanks to parents Martha Solis-Turner and Caroline Rodawig for planning and organizing the day with the support of class deans. The parent volunteers will be creating a link in the PA Portal for Think and Drive. This link will lead parents to a page with information about drinking under the influence of alcohol and drugs, as well as to the dangers of texting while driving. It will also have the link to Werner Herzog's documentary "From One Second To The Next-Texting While Driving, which the junior class watched on Wednesday in school. For now, here is youtube video link for parents called The Last Text (approx. 4 min)--http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DH1JGlYOL0
Kids and teens who get involved with alcohol at a young age are 7 times more likely to be involved in an alcohol-related crash in their lives.
In 2010, about 2,700 teens in the United States aged 16–19 were killed and almost 282,000 were treated and released from emergency departments for injuries suffered in motor-vehicle crashes.
Young people ages 15-24 represent only 14% of the U.S. population. However, they account for 30% ($19 billion) of the total costs of motor vehicle injuries among males and 28% ($7 billion) of the total costs of motor vehicle injuries among females.
The risk of motor vehicle crashes is higher among 16-19 year olds than among any other age group.
Per mile driven, teen drivers ages 16 to 19 are three times more likely than drivers aged 20 and older to be in a fatal crash.
Among teen drivers, those at especially high risk for motor vehicle crashes are:
- Males: In 2010, the motor vehicle death rate for male drivers and passengers ages 16 to 19 was almost two times that of their female counterparts.1
- Teens driving with teen passengers: The presence of teen passengers increases the crash risk of unsupervised teen drivers. This risk increases with the number of teen passengers.
- Newly licensed teens: Crash risk is particularly high during the first months of licensure.5,6
- Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for U.S. In 2010, seven teens ages 16 to 19 died every day from motor vehicle injuries.
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