Parent involvement helps cut risky driving in licensed teens

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Live driving feedback from an app may discourage teens from speeding, but doesn't reduce risky driving without parental involvement, shows a US study of 240 teens with traffic violations. When parents also got the app's reports, and received training on how to talk to their teens about it, behaviours like hard braking and sudden acceleration decreased compared to teens who got no feedback from the app. The researchers said that continued engagement of parents after teens get their license might be key to reinforcing driving safety as they become more independent.

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Organisation/s: Nationwide Children’s Hospital - USA; The Ohio State University - USA

Funder: Research reported in this publication was supported by grants R01HD098176 and R01HD100420 from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development of the NIH and grant R49CE003074 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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