If you have a teenager learning to drive, you know that many rules and tips for the road have changed since you were in driver’s education class and getting behind the wheel for the first time. For that reason, we compiled a list of a few driving tips to pass along to your millennial teen. Ingraining these tips from the beginning is the best way to ensure lasting, good habits and safe driving practices.<\/p>\n
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One of the most noteworthy laws that has been put in place in the past 25 years is the mandating of seatbelts. While it is important for your teen driver and all occupants of a car to wear a seatbelt, there are many other safety guidelines and laws for driving today that didn’t exist just a few years back. Restricting cell phone usage is a great example of this. Using a phone while driving is extremely dangerous and, in many states, a punishable act. It’s important to set rules and expectations with your teen surrounding cell phone usage in the car. As it is smart for your young driver to have a phone with them in case of emergencies or for directions, it is useful to map out guidelines for when and where using a phone is appropriate and safe.<\/p>\n
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Optimal hand placement on the steering wheel has also seen a few updates in recent years. It’s likely that you were taught to place your hands at 2 o’clock and 10 o’clock on the wheel, but experts have now agreed that placing hands at 3 and 9 are safer in case of an accident. Bent and relaxed arms at 3 and 9 provide a lower chance of arms being injured by airbag deployment, as they would be on the outer edge of the bag, not the top as they would be if placed at 2 and 10.<\/p>\n
Also, recent studies have shown that having other teens in the car creates the most dangerous driving condition for a young driver’s safety. Please make sure to discuss focus and responsibility while driving with friends.<\/p>\n
We wish you the best in your coaching! Leave a comment below with any tips you would add to this list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":784,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[160,214,227,254],"class_list":["post-782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-safety-tips","tag-driving-tips","tag-permit-driver","tag-rules-of-the-road","tag-teen-drivers"],"yoast_head":"\n