Parents significantly influence their children's driving behavior. They grow up mirroring their parents habits and attitudes behind the wheel. Research indicates that teens are more likely to adopt risky driving behaviors if they see their parents as engaging in similar actions. Raising a safe driver starts early in life.
Positive role modelling by parents of 5 to 12 year old children has the potential to have a significant influence on their child’s future driving behaviour.
Strings: What Kind of Driver are You Raising?
It Starts Earlier Than You Think
Dr. Tina Sayer, principal engineer and teen safe driving expert at Toyota’s Collaborative Safety Research center, said:
“Driver education begins the day a child’s car seat is turned around to face front. The one piece of advice I would give to parents to help them keep newly licensed drivers safe on the road it is to always be the driver you want your teen to be.”
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That is very well put. I have been telling parents of any young people that I have taught over the years that they have been teaching their kids to drive since they were young and they seem suprised to hear that, and also they get mad at their own kids for displaying the same bad habits they have. Go figure.
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