Not So Fast : Parenting Your Teen Through the Dangers of Driving.
Title:
Not So Fast : Parenting Your Teen Through the Dangers of Driving.
Author:
Hollister, Tim.
ISBN:
9781613748732
Personal Author:
Physical Description:
1 online resource (146 pages)
Contents:
Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Author's Note -- Introduction: "Not So Fast, Young Man/Lady" -- Chapter 1: My Story -- Chapter 2: Why There Is No Such Thing as a Safe Teen Driver -- Chapter 3: Baseline Dangers and Higher Risk Factors -- Chapter 4: "My Kid Is Very Responsible!" -- Chapter 5: What Driver's Ed Isn't -- Chapter 6: The ABCs of GDL (Graduated Driver Licensing) -- Chapter 7: When Should a Teen Start Driving? -- Chapter 8: Acting Like an Air Traffic Controller -- Chapter 9: Negotiating and Enforcing a Teen Driving Agreement -- Chapter 10: The Difference Between Purposeful Driving and Joyriding -- Chapter 11: Getting a Teen to Acknowledge the Risks -- Chapter 12: The Ceremony of the Keys -- Chapter 13: The Unappreciated Danger of Passengers, Even Siblings -- Chapter 14: Managing Curfews -- Chapter 15: Supervising the Brand-New Driver -- Chapter 16: Traffic Tickets as a Teaching Moment -- Chapter 17: Car Buying and Sharing, and Saving on Gas -- Chapter 18: Distracted Driving: Texting, "Connected Cars," GPS, and Headphones -- Chapter 19: Impaired Driving: Alcohol, Drugs, and Fatigue -- Chapter 20: What Schools Can Do -- Chapter 21: Blind Zones -- Chapter 22: Vehicle Identification Stickers -- Chapter 23: Simulators and High-Performance Driving Schools -- Chapter 24: Non-English-Speaking and Single Parent Households -- Chapter 25: Supervising Other People's Teens -- Chapter 26: In Summary: Tips from Reid's Dad, www.fromreidsdad.org -- Afterword: A Plea to Parents -- Teen Driving Resources -- Model Teen Driving Agreement -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- About the Author -- Back Cover.
Abstract:
Providing advice to parents, guardians, and other adults who supervise teen drivers about the critical decisions that must be made before getting behind the wheel of a car, this book will help empower and guide parents of the more than three million teens obtaining new driver's licenses annually in the United States. Author and parent Tim Hollister proves that supervision before driving is every bit as important to lowering crash rates as teaching teens how to turn at a busy intersection. Parents will learn priceless information in teaching teenagers how to evaluate the circumstances of every driving trip, how to be able to say "no" when necessary, how to prepare a "flight plan" for each drive, and how to put safety before convenience. Parents will also benefit by understanding the real dangers and risks in teen driving by recognizing the limits of driver training programs and will thus become more informed and proactive in their supervisory role. Proceeds from sales will support a memorial fund-set up in honor of Hollister's son, Reid, who was killed in an automobile accident in 2006-which subsidizes infant and toddler education in greater Hartford, Connecticut, and other worthy traffic safety causes.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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