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Writer's Block: Teenagers & Car Accidents
May. 20th, 2009 07:13 am[Error: unknown template qotd]
Because most 75-year-olds don't drive. "Around age 70 a driver's risk to themselves and others on the road begins to rise—a risk that was determined to increase more rapidly after age 75.... The car accident study involving seniors found that drivers 85 years of age and older lose their lives at a rate that's about 2 to 3 times that of 16 and 17-year-olds."
Because most 75-year-olds don't drive. "Around age 70 a driver's risk to themselves and others on the road begins to rise—a risk that was determined to increase more rapidly after age 75.... The car accident study involving seniors found that drivers 85 years of age and older lose their lives at a rate that's about 2 to 3 times that of 16 and 17-year-olds."
