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• Don't Try this Yourself: Teen Critically Injured in Stunt Game

  A suburban Chicago teenager was critically injured this weekend when he jumped from a moving car as part of a game local kids invented that awards points based on video-recorded stunts. According to the driver of the car the boy jumped from, the item he wanted to add to his list was to jump from a vehicle moving 25 MPH.  She says the plan was to film the speedometer at 25, then slow down for the actual jump.  Apparently, the boy jumped at 25 after all. Read More... Posted Nov 26 2008, 09:00 AM by Shannon LC Cate with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: teen drivers, driving safety, Shannon LC Cate, traffic accidents, legal driving age

• ADD Teens Make Unsafe Drivers

  My kids are years away from driving, but I'm already worried about it.  After all, more teens die from car accidents than from any other cause.  Now, studies suggest that kids with ADD/ADHD are even more at risk:  they're three times more likely to crash and four times more likely to speed than their peers.  Their distractible natures also make them more likely to get parking tickets and have their licenses revoked.  What's a parent to do? Read More... Posted Sep 17 2008, 08:34 AM by Amy S.F. Lutz with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: teen drivers, medicating ADD/ADHD kids, ADD/ADHD, road safety

• Best Dad Ever: Let Kids Drink Booze!

  Kids, there’s someone on your side. He’s a dad. And he wants you to drink alcohol. Big Daddy trusts you. He understands you. He thinks drinking while young is good for you. He has even written a book about it. Read More... Posted Oct 01 2007, 02:27 PM by Madeline Holler with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: father, alcohol, psychology, teen drivers

• DriveCam: Turning Kids Into Better Drivers, or Invading Their Privacy?

  "Driving too fast, too many people in the car, people not wearing seat belts." That's how John D'Orazio's dad described his son's automotive habits before he installed the new DriveCam, an in-car, dashboard-mounted camera designed with teen safety in mind.  His driving now?  D'Orazio says that he's "more cautious of what I [am] doing. Yeah, definitely." The D'Orazio family is part of a pilot program run by the Wisconsin-based American Family Insurance company, which recently began offering DriveCam free to any of its clients with teen drivers in Wisconsin, and two other states.  Videos are screened and scored for risk by the California company that owns the system, then streamed to parents online in a weekly report Read More... Posted Mar 13 2007, 09:05 AM by Alisyn with | with 8 comment(s) Filed under: teen drivers, drivecam