Safe Driving Jiahui Lu

Statistics for Young Drivers Traffic crashes are the number one cause of death among children and young adults 16-year-olds are three times more likely to die in a motor vehicle crash than the average of all drivers In 2005, 23% of drivers ages 15 to 20 who died in motor vehicle crashes had a BAC of 0.08 g/dl or higher In 2006, 5, to 19-year-old drivers were involved in fatal crashes 20 percent of 11 th grade drivers reported at least one crash over the past year About 30% of crashes killing young drivers involve alcohol

Speeding Can Kill 1km/h increase in mean speed typically results in a 3% increase in accidents 5% die in a 30km/h collision while 85% die when the speed is 60km/h 13,113 lives were lost in speed related accidents in 2005 In 2005, 38 percent of the male drivers age 15 to 20 who were involved in fatal crashes were speeding at the time of the crash

Speeding Tickets Costs In 2000 the cost of speeding-related crashes was estimated to be $40.4 billion. That equals $76,865 per minute or $1,281 per second Motor vehicle crashes cost society an estimated $7,300 per second

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