Monthly Archives: August 2010

Tips for Talking to Your Teen about Driving

By maria | Published: August 31, 2010
Tip #3:  Talk to your teenager about safe driving and don’t limit the conversation to just “drinking and driving.”  Crashes involving teenagers go well beyond the drinking and driving problem.  Often times it has to do with loss of control of the vehicle.  If they lose control there are a number of things that could [...]
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Car Wrecks Are the #1 Killer of Teenagers

By maria | Published: August 20, 2010
Every month DrivingMBA runs a Parent Class for the parents or guardians of our students that are in the process of learning how to drive.  The program runs 3 hours and we concentrate on two main objectives:  providing parents with information about the topic of teenage driving so that they can make informed decisions for [...]
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Technology – Can it keep our kids safe?

By maria | Published: August 5, 2010
GPS Systems, are they a good idea for teen drivers?  As a parent and an owner of a driving school, my answer is yes, for some families.  I know most teens hate the idea of having their whereabouts tracked,  but as a parent, it is a tool to help us keep our kids safe.  There [...]
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Parents’ Impact on the Behavior of Driving Teens

By maria | Published: August 4, 2010
If you’ve visited our “Stop the Roadway Carnage” blog you will see that there is no shortage of news stories about teenagers involved in car crashes.  I recently came across a blog about the parents’ role in teen driving.   We often receive calls from parents that have teens that recently received their license and [...]
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