1. Don’t be a Typical Teen Driver!!!!!! Survey from more than 1,000 teens/ from April 2007 46% Text- message while driving 66% Exceed speed limit by 10 mph or more. 11% Have driven after drinking alcohol or using illegal drugs. 58% Say they drive with their friends in the car, which can be a distraction for them 51% Talk on cell phone while driving

2. AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety Motor vehicle crashes are the No. one Killer of teens in the United States More than 6,000 people between 15 to 20 years old die each year in crashes 67% of teenagers killed in crashes last year were not wearing seat belts Teens make up 7 % of the driving population yet account for14% of all fatalities!!!

3. Don’t’ be a Typical Teen Driver Estimates place routine seat-belt use by teenagers at 55% Teenagers have a crash rate five times higher than drivers older than 25.

4. Teens killed in crashes per year in The District from 1995-2006 6 Dead Teens in the Year 2000/ Most 2006- 3 Dead Teens

5. Maryland/ 1995-2006 81 Dead teens in the Year 2000/ Most In 2006 67 Dead Teenagers Don’t’ be a Typical Teen Driver Challenge Yourself!!!!!!

6. Virginia 1995-2006 134 Dead teenagers in the year 2003/ Most 2006 114 Dead Teens