Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/nzYmPzIEq-k   Sixty percent of adolescents ride with teen drivers who are distracted.  University of Michigan researchers report this information from their study of 877 surveyed families.   The most common distractions in the vehicle include deafeningly loud music in 46% of cases, cell phone use in 42%, and raucous teens in the back seat 39% of the time.  Even more concerning were data showing that the impaired teen driver was speeding in 45% of instances, sleepy 14% of the time, or intoxicated in 5% of cases.   Motor vehicle accidents kill more teens than any other cause.  Strongly encourage your kids to ride with peers who drive defensively and never allow them to drive with a teen who has had a license for less than 6 months.   Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan. "3 in 5 parents say their teen has been in a car with a distracted teen driver: Teens driving with teens: More than half of parents in a new national poll believe their teen has been in an unsafe situation ridin