IIHS (Insurance Institute for Highway Safety) has released their 2014 Top Safety Picks for used vehicles to buy your teen driver. Research has shown that teen drivers aren’t driving safe cars. The institute has put together a list of affordable vehicles that meet important safety criteria. So if you are shopping for a […]
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Summer brings a break from school and an increase in the time your teen drivers spend in the car. Here are a couple tips: Spend some time with your teen driver in teaching them how to merge onto an expressway or interstate highway and practice changing lanes. Many of us will travel to vacation spots
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We are excited to announce our re-designed Spencer Insurance Teen Driver Website designed for the parents of Teen Drivers! This Website is designed specifically to help the parents of teen drivers. I remember the highs and lows of teaching my four children to drive. Actually my wife, Tammy did a much better job of teaching
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Lesson 4 (Sometimes you have to go backward to go forward.) Your teen feels comfortable behind the wheel and with the basic operation of the motor vehicle. In order to demonstrate this skill, have your teen back the car out of the garage. Many teens fear they will scrape the side of the garage while
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Lesson 2 (No shopping cart races) Start this lesson with a review of Lesson 1 and summarizing the skills you will be teaching today. The emphasis of this lesson should be on vehicle control and stopping the vehicle. While driving it is important to be aware of where all the vehicles are on the road.
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It is important for the parents of teen drivers to have an ongoing discussion with their teenage driver about the importance of teen driver safety. Coming up with strategies to assist your teen driver is a big task. However, we can help you. We have several tools for you to help with teen driver safety
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Okay, let’s get it out in the open. Having a new teen driver in the house can be nerve racking. Hopefully we can provide you some tools to make this life event less stressful for both you and your teen driver. Check out our website , designed for the parents of teen drivers, for tools like the
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This week is Teen Driver Safety Week. Here are some tips for Parents of Teen drivers. Here is some great advice form Flaura Winston, MD, PhD about why Postitive Reinforcement from parents if far more effective than scare tactics in teaching teens to drive. Listen to her from National Public Radio’s Morning Edition. Check out
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It is Back to School Time once again. As drivers we all need to be more careful when driving as more children will be walking, biking and taking school busses to school. Be patient and aware of Teen drivers on the road. Give them some space. Prepare your children for their walk or ride to
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