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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Driving / January 2007Teen Driving Survey
KTLA is reporting on a survey of 5600 high school students conducted by State Farm insurance and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. The findings include: 93% have seen teenage drivers with passengers who were "acting wild" 92% have seen teen drivers speeding 89% saw teens using cell phones while driving 68% have seen teen drivers smoking 53% have seen teen drivers playing games or sending text messages 48% have seen teenages driving after drinking  SignatureI'm a wreckless driver and damn proud of it! > KTLA is reporting on a survey of 5600 high school students conducted > by State Farm insurance and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. > The findings include: > > 93% have seen teenage drivers with passengers who were "acting wild" Define "wild" > 92% have seen teen drivers speeding My guess is that 92% of all drivers have been guilty of speeding. > 89% saw teens using cell phones while driving Oh no, the world is coming to an end. > 68% have seen teen drivers smoking Ditto > 53% have seen teen drivers playing games or sending text messages playing games? > 48% have seen teenages driving after drinking Oh no, Aunt Judy will have a fit. It's time to deport all teenagers - or at least 48% of them. Ladies and Gentlemen (and I use those words loosely), Fred G. Mackey said in rec.autos.driving: > > 92% have seen teen drivers speeding > > My guess is that 92% of all drivers have been guilty of speeding. I'd say that number should be closer to 100%. Even SADDAM has admitted to speeding..... .....twice. Signature-- Loco Laura Bush murdered her boyfriend (a.k.a. SADDAM) admits to being a deadly speeder, psychopath and criminal coddler: "> Have you ever driven a car faster than the legal speed limit? Yes, but never deliberately. In fact i got a speeding ticket about 5 years ago for doing 41 in a 25. I just about kicked the cops teeth in cause i was sure he was lying. No way the SL on this wide open stretch could be 25, i thought." Pride of America (c.k.a. Laura Bush murdered her boyfriend/ laura bush - VEHICULAR HOMICIDE/Speeders And Drunk Drivers Are Murderers (SADDAM)), 10/3/2002 Message-ID: <3c1753f7.0210030916.7b6f5dff@posting.google.com> http://tinyurl.com/5u4wg Proof that POA is LBMHB/lbVH/SADDAM: See the following: http://tinyurl.com/ahphj > KTLA is reporting on a survey of 5600 high school students conducted > by State Farm insurance and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. > The findings include: > > 93% have seen teenage drivers with passengers who were "acting wild" Practically everyone has seen that at least once. > 92% have seen teen drivers speeding So teen drivers speed like everyone else. > 89% saw teens using cell phones while driving Like ma and pa. > 68% have seen teen drivers smoking Like ma and pa. > 53% have seen teen drivers playing games or sending text messages Now that might be unique, but only for the technology curve. > 48% have seen teenages driving after drinking Like ma and pa. >> KTLA is reporting on a survey of 5600 high school students conducted >> by State Farm insurance and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > Like ma and pa. you'd have to be a braindead to not be aware of the teen accident rates. in 2003, teen drivers made up only 6.3% of licensed drivers, but 13.6% of all drivers in fatal accidents in 2004 were age 15-20. But hell, we knew this already, at least some of us did. I lost two friends to car wrecks when i was a teen, and i've never known an adult who died that way. it's a wonder I did't bite the highway myself as a teen. http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/ click the young drivers link > you'd have to be a braindead to not be aware of the teen accident rates. Only pointing out that the survey would get the "OBVIOUS" tag on fark and that most of the bad behavior comes from ma and pa. > in 2003, teen drivers made up only 6.3% of licensed drivers, but 13.6% > of all drivers in fatal accidents in 2004 were age 15-20. But hell, we knew > this already, at least some of us did. I lost two friends to car wrecks > when > i was a teen, and i've never known an adult who died that way. it's a > wonder I did't bite the highway myself as a teen. I have numerous adults who drive just as badly as teens. The only difference of significance I notice is the adults are more predictable (because their motivations are more transparent and less random) for other drivers to avoid. > in 2003, teen drivers made up only 6.3% of licensed drivers, but 13.6% > of all drivers in fatal accidents in 2004 were age 15-20. But hell, we > knew > this already, at least some of us did. I lost two friends to car wrecks > when > i was a teen, and i've never known an adult who died that way. Older drivers (65 up) have a similarly over-sized share of traffic fatalities. Much of the teen driver deaths are related directly to errors of inexperience. But what's the excuse of the drivers who have been driving for half a century? Can't chalk up those deaths to inexperience. -Dave > > in 2003, teen drivers made up only 6.3% of licensed drivers, but 13.6% > > of all drivers in fatal accidents in 2004 were age 15-20. But hell, we [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > of inexperience. But what's the excuse of the drivers who have been driving > for half a century? Can't chalk up those deaths to inexperience. -Dave Yah, the seniors do have more than the middle bunch. I doubt it is anywhere near the teen rate though. Does anyone have a cite giving the percentages for the various groups? Harry K "Mike T." <noway@nohow.not> said in rec.autos.driving: >Older drivers (65 up) have a similarly over-sized share of traffic >fatalities. Much of the teen driver deaths are related directly to errors >of inexperience. But what's the excuse of the drivers who have been driving >for half a century? Can't chalk up those deaths to inexperience. Failing motor skills and/or dementia. Oh, sorry - my post gets another "OBVIOUS" stamp from Fark.com. :) SignatureI'm a wreckless driver and damn proud of it! |
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