Road Safety for All Ages

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, over 6 million motor vehicle crashes take place in America each year, resulting in an injury every 11 seconds and a motor vehicle fatality every 12 minutes.

Establishing and maintaining good driving habits can have a profound impact on whether your vehicle becomes part of the statistics. Safety education is important for all drivers whether they are new teen drivers, experienced drives or senior drivers.

Educate teens about safe driving and make sure they've had plenty of instruction with a seasoned driver prior to driving solo. Provide a refresher on important safety tips and information for experience drivers. Encourage seniors to continually and honestly gauge their ability behind the wheel.

Read more about driver safety for all ages in RTM's full article.

Comments

[Ajlouny]

This is some incredible numbers, but not totally unbelievable. It just take one split second to look away or to not pay attention when driving a motor vehicle that can put you and anyone on the road in danger.