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A Safe Driving Guide for Teenager DriversAs a teenage driver you need to know what happening in your state. Being informed means that you know the drivers ed classes you need take and the restrictions placed on you as a teenage driver. It’s also important to know what other teen drivers are doing, the mistakes they’ve made and the positive things they learn about being a safe driver. Our mission at High School Driver is to help you get your license but only if you plan on being a safe, responsible driver. Drive Safe, Get There, Have Fun! A Driving Contract for Teens and ParentsHaving a new teen driver in the house can be very stressful for parents. Each time a teen driver gets behind the wheel they have to make a variety of decisions that may determine if they live or die. To help, many parents are sitting down with their teenagers and creating aTeen Driving Contract. A driving contract is a good way to go through the rules that parents want their children to follow. It illustrates to teenagers that driving is a privilege and to keep that privilege they must be responsible. If they break the contract they will lose their driving privileges. Topics covered in the Teen Safety Driving Contract include:
Optional topics that parents may want to include are:
Parents have a responsibility to:
Take Your Learners Permit Class at the LibraryImportant Fact: You can take your road signs and road rules test online only if you take your DATA course online. DATA = Drugs, Alcohol, Traffic, Awareness and is the state of Florida required course your must complete to get your permit. Using Computers at the Library The DATA course is 4 hours long (that is a Florida DMV requirement) but the online version offered by www.highschooldriver.com and www.123driving.com lets you login and logout and use a different computer each time you login. Most public libraries have computers you can use. In some cases your library will limit your time on the computers to an hour or two hours at a time. With the DATA course allowing you to login and logout you can use the computers are your public library to complete your DATA course. Even if you don’t have a computer at home you can still complete your learner permit classes online at the library - download a PDF of this article. TWD - Texting While DrivingThis should be very obvious but were going to say it anyway You Cannot Drive Safely and Send Text Messages at The Same Time. You can't read a text message; you can't even check who sent the text message and drive safely at the same time. Since you’re a student you study math so we’ll put this in very simple terms using numbers. At 40 MPH it takes about 120 feet to stop your car. The 120 feet includes both stopping distance and “reaction distance feet”. Reaction distance feet is the distance your car travels before you realize you need to step on the brake. Going 180 Feet in 3 SecondsSay you’re driving along at 40 MPH and there is a car in front of you. At this point it’s important that you know that at 40 MPH you are traveling 60 feet per second. So in three seconds you will travel 180 feet. Now the car in front of you is probably closer than 180 feet. So if that car stops and you don’t notice it because you’re looking at your phone for 1 second you are now about 120 feet from that car. If you have perfect reflexes and step on your brakes you may stop in time – you may not. But if you looked away for more than a second, chances are you are going to crash into the back of the car. And if you hit another car in the rear it’s almost always your fault. Teen Driving Tips - a ChecklistAs you get in the car follow a simple process.
Following these simple steps could help you avoid an accident.
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