Sentences with phrase «young driver distraction»

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As many as two - thirds of crashes among young drivers involve distraction, and that rate is increasing.

«Tailored interventions to reduce driver distraction could focus on at - risk groups, such as young males with bad attitudes to distracted driving and a low belief that they can control their distraction,» he concludes.

An important issue for the public as well as legislators, former United States Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood comments, «This special Journal of Adolescent Health supplement brings the important issue of driver distraction and young drivers into focus.

For families looking for a new car for their young driver, the lack of standard luxuries in the base trim of the Altima will provide less distractions to help them build safer driving habits.

Phone bans for young drivers are becoming commonplace as concerns mount about the contribution of distractions to teens» elevated crash risk.

These stats clearly highlight the unfortunate truth: distractions plague young drivers.

The distractions that also affect drivers on roads, obviously affect boat operators, except that on the water there are less precise pathways, younger drivers (some as young as 12 years of age), and there is more room for passenger activity and even carousing on the vessel — passengers are not, for example, belted in.

If you show good driving technique and avoid distractions — like texting, talking & eating — your young driver might, too.

With distractions coming in the form of misbehaving friends in the car, texting and driving, loud music, and talking on their cellphones, young drivers are much more likely to get into accidents than their older, more mature counterparts.

Plus, today's young drivers are also dealing with new distractions such as cell phones, PDAs, iPods and navigation systems.