Teen Driving Safety Call to Action
Earlier today I had an opportunity to visit Maryland’s Severna Park High School and speak with members of the school’s SADD chapter. They were an impressive group and it was encouraging to hear them talk about their efforts to keep their friends and classmates safe on our roads.
Groups like this are truly making a difference. New data I announced during my visit shows that in 2006, there were two and half million injuries on our highways, down 4.5 percent from 2005.
And the number of teen driver injuries also dropped to 416,000 in 2005. But while those figures are encouraging, it’s still a travesty to see almost half a million teenagers getting injured on our roads. That’s too many broken bones, scarred faces and wounded bodies for any of us to declare victory.



