WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--It’s National Teen Driver Safety Week, and teens may not be aware of the major causes of crash injuries among young drivers and their passengers.
Let’s see if you can pick them out:
1. Picking up Mike, John, Mary and Susan on the way to the game
2.
Taking a cat nap while between lights
3. Merging onto highways
4.
Checking out the SAT review book on the way to the test
5. Racing
to your part-time job because you’re running late
6. Deciding a
hard lemonade wouldn’t register a very high BAC level
7. Running a
stop sign
8. Dropping your books over the safety belt buckle and
taking off
9. Checking and double-checking the GPS settings because
you’re sure you’re lost
10. Passing school buses stopped to pick up
students
GEICO joins the Property Casualty Insurers Assn. of America (PCI) in advocating that parents take time this week and every week to discuss with their teen five major dangers that young drivers may be facing – distracted driving, lack of seatbelt use, speeding, impaired driving and extra passengers.
Which makes these the most dangerous behaviors from the list above:
1. Picking up Mike, John, Mary and Susan on the way to the game [extra
passengers]
4. Checking out the SAT review book on the way to SAT
test [distracted driving]
5. Racing to your part-time job because
you’re running late [speeding]
6. Deciding a hard lemonade wouldn’t
register a very high BAC level [impaired driving -- any BAC level at all
for those under age 21 is illegal]
8. Dropping your books over the
safety belts and taking off [lack of seatbelt use]
9. Checking and
double-checking GPS settings because you’re sure you’re lost [distracted
driving]
GEICO (Government Employees Insurance Company) is a member of the Berkshire Hathaway family of companies and is the second-largest private passenger auto insurance company in the United States. GEICO, which was founded in 1936, provides millions of auto insurance quotes to U.S. drivers annually. The company is pleased to serve more than 14 million private passenger customers, insuring more than 23 million vehicles (auto & cycle).
For more information, go to www.geico.com.
