Russ Rader
Russ Rader
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Fatal crash involvements for 16-year-olds fell 26 percent from 1993 to 2003 as states began to enact graduated licensing laws. But this has not solved the problem by any means. Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for teenagers. The later they start driving, the better.
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These numbers are useless in doing a red light camera study.
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In 2004 we went and observed student parking lots and half the cars were cars the institute does not recommend,
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It's acceptable with its standard side airbags on the side test and also good in the head test, and that's a relatively inexpensive car.
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The biggest potential from the standpoint of safety researchers is that we would be able to get much more extensive and potentially more accurate information of what happens in real crashes.
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It would clearly help if the driving age were raised. But it never has gained any traction in most places to simply raise the age.
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There are a lot of these technologies in the offing and it's still too early to know how beneficial they're going to be.
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When you have a teen passenger in the vehicle with a teen driver, the risk of a crash is twice as high. If you have two or more teen passengers in a vehicle the risk can be five times as high.
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Typically rollovers represent a small percentage of crashes but are disproportionately high in the number of deaths because they're so lethal.
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Yes, men drive more, but our studies show that they're by far the riskier, more dangerous drivers.
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You can never repeal the laws of physics, and a smaller, lighter vehicle is always at a disadvantage no matter how many safety features are built into it.
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We look at this from the standpoint that the more parental involvement the better because too many teens end up driving in risky situations, even with graduated driving laws in many states.
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There are two things working against young drivers: inexperience and immaturity. To the extent that you can give teens more time to develop their driving skills and the judgment to counteract their lack of experience the better.
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There is a misconception that older drivers are somehow a menace out on the road, and that really is not borne out by the facts. Thirty-year-olds kill far more people on the roads than 70-year-olds.