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Thursday, March 6, 2003
THE BATTALION
Safety groups set
to decrease risky
teenage driving
By Dee-Ann Durbin
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
POLL
Teen drivers at list
WASHINGTON
Teenagers’ parents today worry
more about their kids driving
safely than about drug and
alcohol abuse or pregnancy, a
survey says.
The study, released Thursday,
found that a majority of parents
were aware their teenagers were
driving in higher-risk situations,
such as at night or with other
teens in the car, and would be
willing to enforce guidelines to
limit those situations.
Chrysler Group, a division of
DaimlerChrysler AG, conducted
the national survey. The
automaker is teaming with
Mothers Against Drunk Driving
and the National Safety Council
to produce and publicize guide
lines for parents as well as a
Web-based driving video game
for teens that allows players to
compete with other teens and
get more points if they follow
safety rules.
“Clearly parents are con
cerned. They want to do some
thing,” said Michael Berube, a
senior manager of safety plan
ning for Chrysler.
The survey, which ques
tioned 400 parents of 15- to 18-
year-olds, allowed them to
name multiple concerns.
Thirty-nine percent said driv
ing safety was one of their top
worries. That was higher than
the 31 percent who named drug
abuse or 17 percent who named
alcohol abuse.
Twenty-five percent of par
ents worried most about car
crashes, which was higher than
the 13 percent who named preg
nancy or sexually transmitted
diseases and 11 percent who
named violent crime.
Eleven percent were con
cerned about drinking and driv
ing and 6 percent were con
cerned about speeding. Other
worries included illness, peer
pressure, war and suicide.
In all, 59 percent of parents
said driving-related issues were
Parents fear the risks of teeo
driving but many do notregub
driving habits of their kids.
What are the health and safet)
risks facing your teenagerlhai
concern you most?
Driving safety
Does your teenager drive from!
p.m. to midnight without an adyi
present?
Yes
Does your teenager drive witli
more than one other teenagers
a passenger?
Yes
Note: Survey of 400 parents o( 15-to It
year-old teens conducted in Febn«)
2003 with a margin of error of :4.9pert«
SOURCE: The Chrysler Group 1/
their No. 1 concern. The naliot-
wide survey was conductedFd
26-27 and had a margin of em
of plus or minus about 5 pet-
centage points.
The majority of parents-61
percent — correctly identifiei
car crashes as the leading cat
of death for teens. But mostpai
ents also said their teens s
driving under conditions thai®
more likely to lead to crashes.
For example, 79 percent d
parents allow their teens todiiw
unsupervised between 9 pi
and midnight, despite 2001 di
from the National Highwa;
Traffic Safety Admini,straw
that showed more than I
teen crashes happen at
Nineteen percent said their tee!
drive unsupervised betweti
midnight and 6 a.m.
NI ITS A data also 1
that 63 percent of teen 1
in crashes occur when there if
multiple teens in the vehick
But 67 percent of parents alio*
their children to drive will
more than one other teenage
as a passenger.
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the full course of treatment if he has the disease.
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months in jail — long enough to make sure he takes all of his pie
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Martin, 39, was diagnosed with TB last year after his lO-i
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spinal cord caused by the bacteria that also cause tuberculosii
Martin insists what he suffers from is bronchitis.
State health officials sought the court order because
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early, in January.
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