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Study: Only 42% of Teen Passengers Report Wearing Seat Belts
National News • August 27, 2008
A new study on teen driving habits and safety found that 59 percent of teens always buckled up in the driver seat but only 42 percent always wore seat belts as passengers. However, only 38 percent ...
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| RE: RE: RE: RE: Stop Coddling Them | Mavis | Aug 28, 2008, 7:27 am |
| RE: RE: RE: Stop Coddling Them | Compman | Aug 27, 2008, 3:59 pm |
| RE: RE: Stop Coddling Them | KLS | Aug 27, 2008, 3:47 pm |
| RE: Stop Coddling Them | bc | Aug 27, 2008, 2:05 pm |
| RE: Stop Coddling Them | Compman | Aug 27, 2008, 1:33 pm |
| RE: Stop Coddling Them | KLS | Aug 27, 2008, 1:30 pm |
| Stop Coddling Them | Dread | Aug 27, 2008, 12:30 pm |
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Subject: RE: Stop Coddling Them
But as a parent, you better believe I'm all up in my teen's grill about driving safely and wearing his seat belt.
We have discussed which is more un-cool:
Wearing a seat belt, or lying in a casket?
Driving safely, or being schlepped around town by mommy and daddy because someone decided to show off and got himself a ticket or a wrecked car.
I think he gets the point. But that doesn't mean I'm going to stop reminding him about making good decisions, especially when it comes to driving.
The data in this article is alarming to me. I had no idea the numbers were so low. Hopefully my teen, who is actually a very good kid, isn't among the irresponsible majority when I'm not looking. But if he is... then the consequence is his choice and he will have to deal with it.