DeWine launches campaign to help parents with teen driving
BOARDMAN, Ohio (WKBN)- This week, Governor DeWine is launching a campaign to encourage parents to practice driving with their teens.
The Ohio Traffic Safety Office says that parents don't spend enough time teaching their children to drive.
This push to encourage parents to practice driving more with their teens comes at an appropriate time. We're now in what's known as the '100 Deadliest Days of Summer', the time between Memorial Day and Labor Day, where there's an increase in deadly crashes, particularly for teen drivers.
The main point made through this campaign is that teens spend a lot of time practicing sports and extracurricular activities, and the same amount of effort should be put into practicing and learning how to drive. Governor DeWine says it's equally important that parents put in the effort, too.
Ohio law requires teens to have 50 hours of driving practice with a parent or guardian to get their probationary license, but the state thinks people aren't hitting this mark.
In Ohio in 2024, there were 97 deadly crashes involving a teen. 67 of those crashes were determined to be the fault of the teen driver. 34% of at-fault teen drivers involved in fatal crashes received no driver education. This is all according to the state, the Department of Public Safety, and OSHP's crash dashboard.
The state has created some driver training videos and resources specifically for parents to help guide them through teaching their teens to drive.
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