When teen drivers get a permit, parents spend many hours training their teen drivers. As parents we want to make sure our teens are safe when driving and develop safe driving skills. Many parents stop training their teen after they get their license. Why??? Summer is a great time to drive with your teen driver […]
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Spencer Insurance has a website just for the “Parents of Teen Drivers.” Check it out. The website is rich in tips on how to prepare your teen to become a safe driver. We team with parents to help them with some content when you spend the hours needed practicing before your teen can take the
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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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While distracted driving includes the use of cell phones, there are many other dangerous driving distractions. In a web post (https://www.travelers.com/prepare-prevent/auto/distracted-driving/distracted-driving-statistics.aspx ), Travelers Insurance talks about the many distractions we face while driving. The bottom line is that anything that takes your eyes off the road is a driving distraction. Here is a list of
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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 #3 (Parking… and we don’t mean at the drive-in!) Most new drivers are afraid to park the car because they are not comfortable judging the distance from their bumper to the other car. If the braking exercises were effective in Lesson 2, your teen may be doubly apprehensive. However, before they can venture onto
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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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Lesson #1 (Letting Go is hard to do!) Safety Tip: MAP or visually locate the POLES and other FIXED obstacles in the parking lot. Locate pedestrians, bikers and boarders. DO not forget, you might be sharing the parking lot. Start slowly by taking your teen to a deserted school or church parking lot. The first
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In case you’re planning to buy your teen a car for Christmas this year, or you’re trying to decide which of your existing cars might be the best one for her to drive, recognize that the car that provides the greatest amount of safety should be your first choice. To determine which vehicles avoid and
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