Driving a car is a highly complex task. It takes time and experience to acquire the skills and judgment needed to become a proficient driver. Not surprisingly, a young driver may be short on these qualities. Unfortunately, and I know from personal experience, mom telling her teen to slow down and buckle up doesn't always work. Teens teaching teens does.
Excessive speed is the number one cause of fatal crashes involving teen drivers.
Statistics show us that more fatal crashes involving teen drivers occur when more passengers are in the car. Since many of these fatal accidents occur on Ohio's interstates, Ohio State troopers, all too often, face the difficult, heart-breaking task of informing parents that their child died because of an avoidable mistake. Troopers confess it's very hard to remain stoic when they know a young life was lost because of a seemingly small mistake. State troopers and emergency responders of all kinds know that even very small mistakes can be deadly when you are dealing with a motor vehicle. Traffic crashes are unforgiving.