| Parents are very worried about their teenagers | | | | many teens do dangerous things behind the wheel in |
| during weekend nights. However, statistics from the | | | | cars loaded with passengers." |
| American Automobile Association (AAA) say that the | | | | Worrying is one thing that parents are in the habit of. |
| number of teenagers getting involved in car crashes | | | | Despite loading their vehicles with the top notch |
| is also high during after school hours. In fact, the | | | | Daihatsu body parts to add to the security and |
| organization does even say that compared with | | | | safety of their cars and vehicles, most car crashes |
| weekend nights, the number for after school hours | | | | are actually due to the kind of behavior drivers have |
| crashes are more or less the same. | | | | behind the wheel. |
| Robert L. Darbelnet, the president and CEO of AAA | | | | Crash data from the automobile organization also do |
| does say that, "Parents are right to be worried about | | | | say that between the hours 3pm and 5pm, there are |
| their novice teen drivers being on the road during the | | | | as much sixteen year olds and seventeen year olds |
| high risk evening and late night hours when most | | | | who are involved in crashes that are quite fatal. In |
| state licensing programs correctly limit teen driving. | | | | fact, in specific numbers, for the year 2002 up until |
| But parents also need to be engaged in their teens' | | | | 2005, there were about 1,100 crashes during after |
| driving activities during the after school hours when | | | | school hours and some 1,237 for weekend night |
| so many teens are on the road and, tragically, many | | | | crashes. |
| are involved in deadly crashes." He does even further | | | | The very reason for such a high number is that such |
| explain, "Many after school teen trips - driving to part | | | | hours are when there is quite a huge amount of |
| time jobs and home from sports and other activities | | | | traffic on the roads and streets. Not only are the |
| - are appropriate as teen drivers gain experience. Yet | | | | teenagers on the roads, but there is also a huge |
| during these unstructured hours between the end of | | | | amount of commuters and other people making their |
| school and when parents get home from work, | | | | trips before heading out for home. |