Before You Buy Your Teen That Car
If you're thinking of buying a car for your teen, we suggest you do a little homework about what safety factors and features to look for before making that purchase. We asked our friends at Carseek.com to offer their expert advise about such a buy. To read what they had to say Click Here.

For most teenagers, getting behind the wheel of a car represents the first step toward freedom. But your teenager is more likely than any age group to be involved in a crash, and is twice as likely as any other age group to die in one. In fact, this year, two in five Georgia teenagers will be involved in a crash. Two of three passenger fatalities result from riding with a teenage friend.

So, what’s a parent to do? You need to be certain that your young driver gets off to a good start. SafeAmerica offers Georgia teens an intensive 30-hour safe driving course that pays off with safer driving habits, a greater understanding of the risks and rules of the road as well as a potential tax credit and discount on car insurance.

If you’re the parent of a new driver, the podcast and articles in the column on the right may enlighten you. They’re from Jim Fay, the founder of Love and Logic, a Denver-based parenting organization that counts tens of thousands of parents, and thousands of schools and churches among its devotees.

If your teen is going to be driving friends…or if another teen is driving, you have the responsibility to make sure you know all the plans. This PDF, developed by the government of Montgomery County, Maryland, and by Arturo Betancourt, the bereaved father of Alicia, lists the questions you’ll need to ask beforehand.