Support National Teen Driver Safety Week

Teaching teens how to be safe drivers is only half the story. It's just as important to be safe passengers. Teens can only have so much control when not behind the wheel. For the safety of your child and others, you have to go beyond your own family. You must help ignite a community chain reaction. A good time to start is during National Teen Driver Safety Week.

The 2011 NTDSW theme was supporting parents like you in teaching teens to drive. This includes helping you navigate the practice driving phase, as well as carefully monitoring your teens as they begin driving on their own. According to research conducted by The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and State Farm Insurance Companies®, teens who say their parents set rules and monitor their driving in a helpful, supportive way are half as likely to crash and twice as likely to buckle up as teens with less involved parents.

It's never too early to think about what you can do to raise awareness about teen driver safety during NTDSW 2012--October 14-20. To get you started, check out the tips and tools on the Ride Like A Friend.Drive Like You Care website and in Share the Drive.