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Driver Education Parents/Guardians Meeting Course info -- Required – 42 classroom hrs, 12 observation hrs, 6 BTW Expectations of new driver – take responsibility for their learning Montana Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) law Requires 50 hours of supervised practice driving including 10 hours at night with parents Log hours in your log book – the DMV does look at the log book Limits passengers and restricts night driving with first year license 8

What Can You, the Parent, Do? Be a good role model for safe and smart driving Participate with your teen during d river e ducation Supervise teen driving and encourage safe driving habits Set family driving rules, limits and consequences Know Montana's Graduated Driver License Law 9

What are the risks facing young teen drivers? Inexperience Judgment Speed Distractions Fatigue Alcohol is involved in about 16% of fatal crashes involving 16- and 17- year-old drivers These factors cause crashes, but what kills? Not wearing a seat belt 10

Age Groups Totals <1yr Rank Unintentional MV Traffic 378 Unintentional MV Traffic 491 Unintentional MV Traffic 7451 Unintentional Poisoning 6209 Unintentional Poisoning 7388 Unintentional Poisoning 9675 Unintentional MV Traffic 34,485 2 Unintentional Drowning 119 Suicide Suffocation 181 Homicide Firearm 4051 Unintentional MV Traffic 5651 Unintentional MV Traffic 4856 Unintentional MV Traffic 5448 Unintentional Poisoning 31,758 3 Unintentional Fire/Burn 88 Homicide Firearm 115 Unintentional Poisoning 3044 Homicide Firearm 3300 Suicide Firearm 2874 Suicide Firearm 3975 Unintentional Falls 24,712 4 Homicide Firearm 53 Unintentional Drowning 90 Suicide Suffocation 2022 Suicide Firearm 2379 Suicide Suffocation 1935 Suicide Poisoning 2015 Suicide Firearm 18,735 Top 4 Leading Causes of Unintentional Death by Age Group United States See Original Document for data from all age groups and Top10 Leading Causes

Highest lifetime crash risk is in the first year of driving

RESEARCH 2015 Recent Nebraska research finds that teens taking driver education had significantly fewer injury or fatal crashes, and fewer traffic and alcohol related violations. Driver education appears to make a difference in teen traffic outcomes at an age when risk is highest. Duane Shell et.al., Accident Analysis and Prevention, 2015

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