"The Teenage Driver"

A Focus On Attitude And Behavior

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Name ______________________ Date ____/____/_____

1. _________________is a direct factor in traffic crashes.

2. _______% of teenage car crashes involves driver error, a much higher rate than any other age group, and is a direct result of inexperience.

3. Many teenagers feel they are invincible. They believe nothing terrible or fatal can happen to them. This feeling lends a false sense of security that leads to not _________________________ and _________________________.

4. The teen's highest risk is while ________________________with multiple teens in the car. This factor alone maximizes the other entire key factor we have discussed.

5. _________________ are the number one killer of teens.

6. In 2001, _____________drivers 15 to 20 years old were killed in motor vehicle crashes and an additional 337,000 were injured.

7. When driver fatality rates are calculated on the basis of estimated annual travel, teen drivers (16 to 19 years old) have a fatality rate that is about ______ times higher than the fatality rate among drivers 25 through 69 years old.

8. _________ of teen car crashes involve driver error - a much higher rate than any other age group.

9. Incidents are more likely to occur on a __________or _________evening with multiple teens in the car.

10. One of the simplest ways to survive a car crash is just simply putting on your_______________.