If a Teen's at the Wheel, Crashes Fit a Pattern. Jayne O'Donnell.
by O'Donnell, Jayne; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 31Family. Publisher: USA Today, 2005ISSN: 1522-3213;.Subject(s): Drivers' licenses | Teenage automobile drivers | Traffic accidents | Traffic accidents -- Statistics | Traffic fatalitiesDDC classification: 050 Summary: "It was a double date like countless others: Two teenage girls and their teenage boyfriends, with plans to see a movie on a summer night. But this one ended in grief. Sixteen-year-old Gerald Miller swerved his sport-utility vehicle to miss a car stalled on Interstate 95. The SUV, traveling about 78 mph, rolled five times. The boys were injured. The girls...were thrown from the SUV and died. To many who knew the victims, the crash seemed like a cruel act of fate, a freak tragedy beyond anyone's control. But it fit a common formula for teen deaths on the USA's roadways: Put a 16-year-old boy at the wheel of an SUV. Add two or three teens, including at least one other boy. Send them out at night. Finally, let them travel fast--and unbelted." (USA TODAY) This article examines the common factors found in deadly crashes involving 16- to 19-year-old drivers.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: If a Teen's at the Wheel, Crashes Fit a Pattern, Feb. 28, 2005; pp. n.p..
"It was a double date like countless others: Two teenage girls and their teenage boyfriends, with plans to see a movie on a summer night. But this one ended in grief. Sixteen-year-old Gerald Miller swerved his sport-utility vehicle to miss a car stalled on Interstate 95. The SUV, traveling about 78 mph, rolled five times. The boys were injured. The girls...were thrown from the SUV and died. To many who knew the victims, the crash seemed like a cruel act of fate, a freak tragedy beyond anyone's control. But it fit a common formula for teen deaths on the USA's roadways: Put a 16-year-old boy at the wheel of an SUV. Add two or three teens, including at least one other boy. Send them out at night. Finally, let them travel fast--and unbelted." (USA TODAY) This article examines the common factors found in deadly crashes involving 16- to 19-year-old drivers.
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