Most of the teenagers drive aggressively, that may cause road hazards, traffic crashes etc. and the reckless driving is dangerous, even with the safety equipments. The following are safety tips that every teenagers should follow to drive safely.
- Teenagers should switch off their mobile phones while they are in drive or else should not lift until you stop at safe place.
- While driving the car you should not text, even it may be five second that may cause loss of focus on road and lot can go wrong and can cause serious damages, sometimes even death.
- You should remember that the car is yours and you own it. But you should not own the road.
- You should drive within the limits, because too high a speed is 40% more fatal for teens and do not jump on red signals.
- You should not eat, drink or play music loudly, because it may cause serious damage as your vision or mind get wander for few seconds, which is enough to lose control on your car and can cause distractions.
- Don't drive after driving or abusing drugs. Of course, this is a serious problem with all age groups but it is very dangerous when comes to teenagers.
- Every teenager should use seat belts, because when met with a serious accidents it may cause serious damages and even kill them. Teenagers more lax in wearing seat belts when compared to adults.
- Night driving for teenagers may very risk when compared to adults. For the teenager who are in beginning stage may in high risk activity.
- Check the mirrors and adjust if they are in wrong position and make sure that they are clear/clean.
- Check for all includes tires, lights, wiper, washer fluid levels, oil, transmission, etc.
- Limit the passengers, not as per the seat but the seat belts.