So your teenager has her driver licence and prom is coming up. Are you going to let her pile in all her friends and their dates into her car? Of cource not. Prom is a night that your teen should positively remember for the rest of her life. It is an important night and your teens is  driving or being chauffeured it is important they remember to be safe. A few tips that you might mention to your teen:

1. No alcohol, drugs, or smoking
2. Limit the number of passengers if your teen is driving.
3. Make sure everyone wears their seatbelt.
4. Tell your teen that driving after midnight is unacceptable, if they will be out late, make other arrangements; call a taxi, limo, have a parent drive them around.
5. If renting a limo, think about a written agreement that allows the driver to call the parents if there is alcohol involved.
6. Have your teen make a list of contact phone numbers in case of an emergency.

Most teenagers learn to drive from their parents before anyone else. They grow up with their parents driving. Parents set examples for their children in many ways. Make sure you as a parent are showing good driving examples for your teen driver.

There are many myths teens and adults choose to belive or not to believe. Here are a few that might help to set your mind at ease. .

• Sport Utility Vehicles are the safest for teen drivers.-It is true that the larger the car the safer you will end up in an accident, this is not true in SUV’s. SUV’s roll-over rates are higher than cars, they also can come equipped with 4-wheel drive and large engines that could impose more of a danger when an teenager is driving.
• Good students will turn out to be good drivers-you might be a straight-A student and have 3 wrecks under your belt. Just because your teen  is a good student doesn’t mean they will be a good driver.
• Teens brains are ready to drive responsibly at 16-Human brains to not fully functions correctly until their 20s, some take longer and others don’t take quite as long to mature. Brain underdevlopment causes teens drivers to underestimate the risks of driving in certain weather conditions, under the influence, and late at night. Talk with your teenager about the risks of driving.

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