52% of Surveyed Texas Teens Admit Drinking and Driving
June 16 2009 - 10:28AM
PR Newswire (US)
Summer Marks 100 Deadliest Days for Texas Teen Drivers IRVING,
Texas, June 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Fifty-two percent of
surveyed Texas teens say they've driven a car after drinking
alcohol or have been a passenger with a teen driver who had been
drinking, according to a new Allstate Insurance Company study of
Texas teen driving habits. Allstate agents asked teens in and
around eleven Texas cities about their highway habits and found: --
88% say they text message or talk on their cell phones while
driving. -- 48% say they were stopped by police during their first
year of driving. -- 33% got in an accident during their first year
of driving. -- 30% say they have driven so fast they've lost
control of their car or have been a passenger in a car with a teen
driver who lost control. "These numbers are disturbing and show
there is a critical need for parents and teens to talk about safe
driving," said David Christopher, an agent in the Dallas-Fort Worth
area. "Car crashes are the number one killer of teens and summer is
the deadliest time of the year for teen drivers. The time to act is
now." One Hundred Deadliest Days The time between Memorial Day and
Labor Day is known as the "100 Deadliest Days" for teen drivers.
According to Allstate, on average, 15 teens die in traffic
accidents every day during the summer. Five Teen Tips 1. Set Road
Rules Establish written expectations for safe driving behaviors. A
parent-teen driving contract is available online at
allstate.com/teen to help parents and teens set guidelines and
consequences. 2. Focus on the Road, Not Your Social Life Driver
error causes 87% of all teen driving accidents. Texting, eating and
playing with the radio are all easily avoidable driving
distractions. 3. Buckle Up and Slow Down Speeding is the number one
cause of fatal crashes involving teen drivers in Texas, followed by
failure to wear safety belts. 4. Learn the Law Remind teens that
Texas graduated driver licensing laws restrict nighttime driving
and designate passenger limitations for teen drivers. 5. Don't
Drink and Drive In 2006, 25 percent of 15- to 20-year-old drivers
killed in motor vehicle crashes had a Blood Alcohol Content (BAC)
level of .08 g/dl or higher. Surveyed Cities Allstate's 2009 summer
Texas teen driving survey was conducted in the following Texas
cities and/or surrounding areas: -- Abilene -- Beaumont -- Corpus
Christi -- Dallas-Fort Worth -- Houston -- Laredo -- San Antonio --
Tyler-Longview -- Wichita Falls A total of 233 Texas teen drivers
participated in the survey between May 10 and June 11, 2009. The
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