National Teen Driver Safety Week—October 18-25, 2009
Published by Steve Smith in Motor Vehicle Catastrophic AccidentsDespite all of the recent and focused media attention devoted to making us all aware of the potential risks to younger people contracting the H1N1 virus, or Swine Flu, the Center for Disease Control also reminds us that this is not the greatest threat facing today’s teenagers.
Statistics are a good place to start, since they give us a picture of what’s happening. I have included a few sobering facts below from NHTSA, the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration.
