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Home › Articles › Driving › Safe Driving Starts at Home

Safe Driving Starts at Home

By Gary Direnfeld, MSW

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  • Insist that your teen and all passengers wear their seat belts and again, lead by example. Parents must wear their seat belts, too.

  • Do not allow your teen to drive after midnight. If transportation is required after midnight, make alternate arrangements. Act as chauffeur, car pool with another parent or arrange for a taxi. It is better that the parent loose one night's sleep than the life of their child.

    • Remember, the prom comes but one night a year. To be really safe, parents must concern themselves with teen driver safety 365 days a year. Even with prom night occurring in the spring, most fatal car crashes actually occur in the summertime. Safe driving doesn't take a holiday.

    To ensure safe driving year round, parents are recommended to participate in safe driving programs such as the I Promise Program. The I Promise Program has parents and teens enter into a mutual safe driving contract and then provides a means for their mutual accountability. The program has been developed with the input of thousands of persons from organizations worldwide.

    Parents who want to prepare best for prom night and the other 365 nights of the year can go to the I Promise Web site and print out a registration form.

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