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...first blush, the correlation between parental oversight and teen accident rates may seem obvious, but the research team was surprised by how much influence parental monitoring and communication actually had. In the new analysis, based on data from the National Young Driver Survey, a study of 5,665 students in grades 9 through 12, lead author Kenneth Ginsburg found that the safest drivers were those who reported that their parents had imposed strict rules on driving and also provided warm and supportive explanations for their rules. "This absolutely backs up what is intuitively known about parenting - that more-engaged parents...
...safest drivers in the study had half the crash risk of students without parental surveillance in the year preceding the survey. The aggressively supervised teens were also 50% less likely to speed, 71% less likely to drive after drinking and 29% less likely to use their cell phones while on the road, compared with their friends who reported having more-permissive parents...
...group reanalyzed the same data set and found that teens who considered themselves to be the primary driver of a vehicle were twice as likely to get into accidents as those who shared responsibility for a car or had to report to their parents for each use. In the survey, 70% of kids reported that they were the main driver of a car, regardless of whether they owned the vehicle. This perception, says Ginsburg, can promote more irresponsible driving habits. "Kids who have easy access to the keys are probably less likely to have those protective conversations with their parents...
...survey, investors were split on how much longer they think the recession will last, with about half saying they think it will end in the next year, 22% saying it will last another two years and 25% feeling it will stretch out beyond two years...
...Geoffrey VanderPal, a certified financial planner and chief investment officer at Skyline Capital Management in Austin, says he isn't surprised by the survey's results. "Most of my clients are cautiously optimistic," he said, although most are expecting a double-dip in the economy before the real rebound comes...