| GPS systems allow parents to monitor, | | | | A tendency to take risks while driving: Teens |
| supervise and provide guidance to their teens | | | | are more likely to be influenced bypeer |
| bothbehind the wheel and in their day-to-day | | | | pressure and distractions. This can lead to |
| lives. It's no secret that teens drive one | | | | reckless driving and speeding. |
| way when parents are in the car versus when | | | | |
| they?re not. With GPS you can help keep your | | | | Feeling of invincibility: Teens believe |
| teens out of danger. | | | | they're going to live forever and |
| | | | thatinfluences their behavior behind the |
| Two out of five deaths among U.S. teens are | | | | wheel of their 3,000 pound car. |
| the result of a motor vehicle crash.(Centers | | | | |
| for Disease Control and Prevention 2004) | | | | These 3 things combined are a deadly |
| Traffic crashes are the leading cause of | | | | combination. |
| death for teenagers who drive. Drivers | | | | |
| between the age of 16 and 24 are twenty times | | | | But GPS is a tool that allows parents to |
| more likely to find themselves in a car | | | | monitor and protect their teenage drivers. |
| accident than any other age group. (National | | | | Whenparents urge their teen to be careful |
| Highway Traffic Safety Administration) | | | | driving, they reply "yeah, yeah, yeah." Then |
| | | | oncethey turn the corner with the car, you |
| Teenage drivers are at a higher risk for | | | | just keep your fingers crossed and wonder, |
| being in a car crash because: | | | | how doesmy teenager "really? drive" Well, |
| | | | now you'll know for sure! If they speed or |
| Lack of driving experience: The first few | | | | dosomething with the car you don?t approve |
| years of driving are the most dangerous;don't | | | | of, you'll know. |
| let inexperience behind the wheel harm your | | | | |
| child. | | | | "The bottom line is that your teenager's life |
| | | | and safety is priceless. |