Special Report: Teen Drivers at Risk.
More than 5,000 teenagers die in car accidents ever year. It's the No. 1 killer of teens. In a first-ever analysis, Reader's Digest takes an in-depth look at state laws to see which are the toughest. States with the strictest driving laws tend to have lower fatality rates. Read on to see how your state fares.

ABC NEWS about teaching teens to drive and post your comments: 
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/LifeStages/story?id=3254711

Teen fatalities are down, of course you will never read that education is making a difference or that it is because of privatization of driver’s education…

Many of you may already be aware of this Readers Digest Story:
http://www.rd.com/your-america-inspiring-people-and-stories/dangerous-teen-drivers/article81417.html

AAA Survey Finds Parents Unaware of Crash Risk for Teens 

Many parents allow their children to ride in cars under conditions they know are dangerous. Furthermore, parents are unaware of the increasing risk of dying in a car crash their young teens face well before they reach driving age. These are two of many gaps between parental knowledge, behavior and traffic safety facts revealed by a new AAA survey of parents of children ages 12 to 17. An overwhelming majority of parents of teen drivers correctly identified the dangers of driving with multiple teen passengers (96 percent) or even one teen passenger (65 percent), yet nearly half of parents of teen drivers (47 percent) say their teen rides with another teen driver at least once a week. More than 1 in 7 (15 percent) parents of non-driving high school students allow their child to ride with a teen at least weekly, as do some (5 percent) parents of junior high students. Parents who allow their young teens to ride with new teen drivers likely are unaware of the danger involved. Despite research showing crash risk begins to rise significantly at age 12, the survey found that nine out of 10 parents surveyed said that a child's risk of dying in a car crash does not significantly increase until age 15 or later. Find out more on the AAA Web site.

NTSB Acting Chairman Addresses the Issue of Driver Distractions 

National Transportation Safety Board Acting Chairman Mark V. Rosenker recently emphasized the importance of recognizing the many hazards caused by driver distractions and the need to prevent these types of crashes. In his speech before the International Symposium on Distracted Driving in Arlington, VA on Oct. 14, Rosenker noted that many of the NTSB recommendations stem from crashes involving distracted driving by commercial and school bus drivers carrying passengers and by teen drivers distracted by cell phones and by teen passengers. Rosenker highlighted safety technologies for crash avoidance in vehicles but also pointed out the importance of the states exercising their responsibilities of the highway safety laws. He urged states to enact graduated driver licensing legislation that grant teens incrementally more driving authority, restrict the number of teen passengers traveling with young novice drivers, and prohibit use of wireless communications devices by young novice drivers. The complete text of Chairman Rosenker's speech may be obtained on the Board's website at http://www.ntsb.gov/speeches/rosenker/mvr081014.html