What Your Hernando County Teen Should Know Before Taking The Wheel

Your Hernando County Teen Behind The Wheel

For the parent of a newly licensed teen driver, the first two or three months time when the adolescent begins driving on his or her own can be nerve wracking. Watching them as they back of the driveway, it is not unusual for a mom or dad to feel absolutely helpless. After all, we only know as much as they tell us. Letting a teen drive by his or herself is, as much anything else, an act of faith. But as a parent, you can prepare your teen and help dramatically decrease the chance that they will be involved in a serious car accident in Brooksville.

Still, it’s a crucial part of growing up when a teen begins to drive and take on the responsibility of all that goes with it. It’s also a necessary part of becoming an adult in our culture where commuting is so important to eventually making a living. Therefore, since driving is necessary, learning to drive safely and courteously is imperative.

We at Lowman Law Firm encourage teens everywhere to learn to drive properly. It is our sincere hope that, through education and experience, our society becomes a safer one for commuting. We can all benefit from good driving habits and, because driving is such a wonderful experience, we can all also benefit from the places we can go as our roads open up to new places to be seen.

Defensive Driving In Central Florida To Avoid Teen Car Wrecks

It’s something we hear about all the time, but what exactly does defensive driving mean? It means a lot of different things, actually, depending on your particular circumstances in any given driving situation. However, to sum it up in a sentence, we believe it is the state of always being prepared for any contingency when you’re behind the wheel. Part of this will come naturally as you become a more experienced driver. But don’t take our word for it. The standard Safe Practices for Motor Vehicle Operations, ANSI/ASSE Z15.1, defines defensive driving as "driving to save lives, time, and money, in spite of the conditions around you and the actions of others." (American National Standard Safe Practices for Motor Vehicle Operation, American Society of Safety Engineers, Des Plaines, IL, 2006). It means that a new teen driver should study his or her driver’s handbook and be completely knowledgeable about the rules of the road, proper driving protocol and safe driving procedures in varying weather conditions to avoid unnecessary car accidents in Spring Hill and Hernando County.

Tips For Teen Drivers Around School

According to teendriving.com, a leading teen safety site for young drivers, the following guidelines can assist young drivers to avoid automobile accidents at or around their school:

• Go slow
• Get to school five to ten minutes early and leave five minutes late to avoid the mad dash into and out from the parking lots. Many accidents happen when kids are rushing around.
• If your school lot has perpendicular spaces (not angle parking), park in a space you can pull straight out of instead of having to back out. Backing out in crowed lots is tricky.
• Watch for kids getting on and off school buses--and don't run into the school buses, either.

Lowman Law Firm believes that through proper and ongoing education we can all encourage our teens to drive safely and responsibly, helping us all steer clear of dangerous or deadly car accidents in Florida.