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 Tools and Resources for Each Stage
in the Learning-to-Drive Process

Your workshop was packed with information. One of the key things you probably took away is that learning to drive safely can be addressed in stages.  Your role and responsibilities as a parent vary -- depending upon which stage your teen is in.

Here's a recap of those stages, along with additional resources, guidance and help for Moms and Dads with a teen driving, or about to drive.

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Pre-Learner’s Permit Stage
  • Articles and links for information on state laws, training and more.

  • 911 For Parents – Learn about the real risk factors teens face…information and services for parents with new and novice drivers. This is a free download. We encourage you and your teen to become familiar with its contents and guidance.

  • teenDASH – an online assessment of driving readiness.

 

Learn About Risk Factors that Lead to Crashes - Share This With Your Teen Assess Your Teen's Readiness to Drive - TeenDASH is Easy and Confidential
Learner’s Permit Stage

 

Safe Teen Driving Pledge - Set Rules Around Driving That Work for Your Family Written for Teens by a Teen - Get This for Your Son or Daugter
Provisional Driver’s License Stage
  • Parenting: Unsafe Driving Behaviors to Watch for with Your Teen. If you're in the market for a car, check out Buying a Safe Car

  • Safe Teen Driving Pledge: Review and update this important agreement. This should be a "living document" that you review periodically, hopefully finding that you can relax the rules as your teen gains experience.

  • teenSMART – collision avoidance training program with lessons to help you train your teen; major insurance companies provide big discounts for teens who pass teenSMART Certification.

 

  teenSMART is Science-Based and PROVEN to Reduce Crashes - Get Involved Mom & Dad. This is the Next Step!
Full Unrestricted License Stage
  • Motor Vehicle Legal Plan – In case of a crash, legal defense bills can quickly run into tens of thousands of dollars. Defending against manslaughter, involuntary manslaughter, vehicular homicide or negligent homicide can literally break the bank. The Motor Vehicle Legal Plan gives you access to 20,000 attorneys nationwide -- to represent you never for more than $75 per hour.  That's a 66% savings, or better, compared to standard attorney billing rates in most locales.

  • Roadside Emergency Plan – safety in case of breakdowns! Get $40 in gas rebate coupons when you sign up.

  The Motor Vehicle Legal Plan gives you access to a nationwide network of over 20,000 attorneys to provide numerous free and heavily-discounted legal services. Don't Leave Her Stranded on the Roadside.


There's More!

Room to Live Learn Why Wearing a Seatbelt Saves Lives. Watch this video and share it with your teen. It's all about "the cage." (© Copyright 2007 Fox 9 News/KMSP-TV, Eden Prairie, Minn. Reporter: Trish Van Pilsum. Used with permission.)

TWD - Texting While Driving   Watch Dr. Phil's attempts to counsel a parent and her teenage daughter who texts over 5,000 messages per month. Thousands of them while driving. You'll see three things here: the difficulty parents often encounter in handling the situation; the inability of the teen to understand that what she is doing endangers her life and others; a clear demonstration of how incomplete brain development in teens impairs their ability to foresee consequences and make sound judgments. For more on brain development, courtesy of TIME Magazine, check out these articles. They will answer your questions about why teens sometimes do things that just don't seem to make good sense!

Teen GPS Driving Monitors  You heard how parents who monitor their teen's driving are in a far better position to manage the learning-to-drive process. Equally important, these easy to use, economical monitors allow parents far greater peace of mind when son or daughter is out with the car. An extra bonus:  many insurance companies provide discounts for vehicles equipped with real-time monitors.

Then visit the Teen Safety Store to choose the safety services that best fit your objectives.  Be sure to use your special Promotional Code
23B-D23C-28 when you place your order.


Promotional Code 23B-D23C-28 provides a discount for all who have attended the workshop.  Be sure to enter this code when you place an order. A portion of your purchase will also be allocated to the Joshua Brown Foundation. It is a non-profit working to bring 21st Century Driver Training to every high school in Georgia, and the author of Joshua's Law that requires 16 year old drivers to complete a certified driver training class before obtaining their Intermediate License.