The good news is if we are paying attention, we can help kids stay more focused on safety as they navigate the teen driving years (and possibly reduce our own risks as fellow drivers).
The Facts:
According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, the crash rate per miles driven is four times higher for 15 to 20 year olds than for drivers over age 20. The National Highway and Transportation Safety Administration reports that motor vehicle crashes are the number one cause of death for younger drivers, and that distracted driving is a factor in one out of every four crashes.
What’s Behind It?
A recent policy statement “The Teen Driver" from the American Academy of Pediatrics cites these reasons teens are at greater risk:
*Lack of driver experience
*Young age at licensure
*Failure to use safety belts
*Inadequate hazard-perception skills
*Distraction (cellular phone, food, drink, music)
*Transporting teenaged passengers
*Nighttime driving
*Speeding and reckless driving
*Fatigue
*Unsafe vehicle choice
*Alcohol use
*Drug or medication use
*Inadequate parental limit setting
*Unlicensed or revoked license
*ADHD
The Distractor Factor!
The study also reports a direct correlation between the chances of being in a car crash to the number of teen passengers. 16- to 17-year olds have a 40 percent higher risk of crashing when they have one friend in the car, 50 percent higher with two friends, and four times higher with three or more teen passengers!
The IIHS & NHTSA recommend the following for parents:
*Don’t rely solely on drivers' education – it may be convenient but typically it doesn’t do as good a job as a parent can at focusing on safety attitudes and decision making.
*Know the law – Restrictions on beginning drivers vary by state.
*Restrict night driving – it requires more skill and is generally more recreational – creating distraction and more risk taking.
*Restrict passengers – especially multiple teens. Nights are worse than days but passengers are always distractions for a beginning driver.
*Supervise practice driving – spread it over six months, continue even after full licensure and include night driving and a variety of other driving situations.
*Remember that you are a role model – practice safe driving yourself to increase the odds your child will drive safely.
*Require safety belt use – don’t assume, but insist that your child wear a safety belt at all times.
*Prohibit drinking – adopt a no-tolerance policy. Even a small amount of alcohol is an impairment to a teen.
*Choose vehicles for safety, not image – select cars with the best protection in a crash and avoid cars that encourage speeding.
*Make sure your child has emergency contact information with him or her at all times -- especially in the car.
Some parents use a written driving agreement to outline their expectations, set penalties and establish graduated driving privileges in advance. The elements of a driving agreement can include obeying laws, practicing safe behaviors and even maintaining the car.
Risk Factors That Increase
Nursery schools in India do the groundwork to insure educated citizens of tomorrow. Therefore there is a need to make proper text books & more interesting and easy to learn content (which also uses multi-media content) that adds value to teaching. In this write-up, we see the requirements of this system:
1. A Thorough Analysis Of Nursery School Text Books
Ideally, the text-books should be the creation of a team of experienced nursery teachers & specialists in child psychology, based on extensive research and understanding of the needs and capabilities of children in India as well as brought forth simply and captivatingly as well as involving the whole spectrum of associated topics.
2. Must Be Beneficial To All Nursery School Stake Holders
The benefits of such policies should accrue to the complete range of those who have a stake : the students and parents, the teachers, and the school itself. It must also provide improved, vibrant education & mould better students, leading to better overall results, and a greater number of pupils. Improved instructions
and material, including well-devised textbooks & readymade support material, should lead to easier teaching methods. Students should enjoy learning with the text books at the school which offer a learning tool in a simple interesting style, & learn the right techniques necessary for higher education. {{Yet|Still|Besides}}}, it should be easy on the purse of the parents, in order that more students could make use of superior education standards.
3. Clear And Focused Objectives Of School Text Books
At the nursery level, the focus must be on how to make it interesting to the children to follow the processes, not just enable learning easily, but also capturing the imagination of parents, throughout India. Today in this computerized world, delivering education in IT-enabled form would make this possible, based on the three-dimensional capability of the computer. This should be followed through at the primary level, & students should get the feeling that "it is easy to learn with computers" allowing their use in multifarious ways. During middle school, the students should learn to harness the power of the computer in learning. During the secondary scool stage, the students should be instructed on DB Management theories, as well as coached in advanced programming.
4. Scientifically Planned School Text Books
Students should be trained in techniques which they may learn & apply at that stage, likewise aiding the students' continued progress through school at acquiring talents. Therefore, the events must stimulate interest for more knowledge as well as competence amidst pupils. Special emphasis should be laid on applying skills in practical situations. Upgrading capabilities &
wisdom has to be secured with the help of workbooks. In respect of each skill set, the necessary ideas and capacities need to be taught early, keeping less important but expansive theories as well as abilities to be taught in higher levels.
5. Fruitful Actions at Nursery Levels
The text books, at the preschool stage must have ranked exercises that gives pupils a feel of success, guaranteeing that every pupil attains the essential competence necessary to sustain his / her interest, while the more intelligent pupil is kept curiously involved.
6. Information Technology Empowered Pre School Education
School exercise books, mixed with multimedia teaching tools that assists students to study as well as understand the subjects better spatially, & interactive multimedia material used in teaching eye, hand and mind synchronization to the students, would form the best learner's tools.
An instruction manual must be formulated to help the instructors in using the activity and preparatory CDs. Star stickers awarded to students after the exercises may just inspire and stimulate the pupils. Lastly, there should be familiarization and operational timetable to coach the instructors to comprehend and put into use this kind of an updated regimen.
Both Valerie Nay & Ganesan Subramanian are contributors for EditorialToday. The above articles have been edited for relevancy and timeliness. All write-ups, reviews, tips and guides published by EditorialToday.com and its partners or affiliates are for informational purposes only. They should not be used for any legal or any other type of advice. We do not endorse any author, contributor, writer or article posted by our team.
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