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January 28, 2012

Delaware County Times -- Travelogue: Passengers Affect Teen Driver Safety

Delaware County Times  -- In this feature, parents are urged to monitor their teens' driving and to limit the number of friends they carry. The parental tips are based on new research conducted by the Young Driver Research team at CHOP and State Farm® that examined the factors that make teens drive multiple passengers, and then, how these passengers affect driver behavior. The two studies were recently published in the Journal of Adolescent Health.

Read the first CHOP study abstract.
Read the second CHOP study abstract.