This episode of PDACast. It is a pediatric podcast for moms and dads.

This is Dr. Mike coming to you from the campus of nationwide children's hospital. We're in Columbus, Ohio.

It's episode 569. We're calling this one Teen Driving Safety. I want to welcome all of you to the program.

So we have a really, really, really important topic for you today, and that is because motor

vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for teenagers in the United States of America,

and the overwhelming majority of these crashes are

preventable. And there are proven strategies that can improve the safety of young drivers on the

road. So today we're going to take a deep dive into these strategies because they are something

every parent of a teenager should know

before they begin the process of learning to drive

and receiving a driver's license.

So it's information that could literally save your teenager's life.

So, of course, listen to this,

even if you don't have teenagers

so that you just have a better general understanding of teen driver safety.

But if you know someone who does have teenagers, you may just want to mention or send them a link to the podcast so they can take a listen,

especially if maybe they have a younger teenager who is going to be driving in the next year or two.

It's just good information to have on hand.

It can help make the road safer for everyone,

and in particular, for teenage drivers.

So we're going to look into the statistics, of course,

and the trends and the variables that are influencing the data

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