Chevrolet is hitting home the fact most teen drivers exhibit poor driving behavior from time to time. It may not be every teenager, and it may not be every time, but it happens, no doubt.
The brand has published a new study showing what worries parents most about their adolescents, and to some surprise, behavior behind the wheel topped the study. To be fair, academic performance came in right behind “driving without adult supervision”, but it also surpassed “drug and alcohol use.”
With the data, Chevrolet reiterates how its Teen Driving System can help curb bad habits behind the wheel with its slew of active safety features now available on 10 Chevrolet models.
In fact, Chevrolet has even added a few new features for 2017 to some models to keep things tame behind the wheel. They include:
- Maximum speed limiter
- Configurable audio volume limit
- Traction control activations
- Wide-open throttle events
- Tailgating alerts, if equipped
The non-subscription system can be found on the following Chevrolet models:
- Chevrolet Bolt EV
- Chevrolet Camaro
- Chevrolet Colorado
- Chevrolet Cruze
- Chevrolet Malibu
- Chevrolet Silverado
- Chevrolet Silverado HD
- Chevrolet Suburban
- Chevrolet Tahoe
- Chevrolet Volt
A record number of teenage drivers will be hitting the roads in the United States this year, as the Center For Disease Control named the month of August the most popular birth month in the year 2000. Yes, those kids born in the year 2000 will be driving. Feel old yet?
Comments
Sounds like parents care more about their possessions and themselves, than their children. And that does not surprise me.
What would a parent do with that information? Now we’re in a time where your car can tell on you.
I can see it now…
Mom: Well son, i looked at your Camaro and it tells me Stability Control intervened 12 times and you also have 6 speed warnings from today. Do you care to explain young man?
Son: Yea i was trying to get sideways, I tried turning it off but it wouldn’t let me
I just think that this new technology is such an invasion of privacy . If you don’t trust your kid enough to toss them the keys to your car then don’t . It’s bad enough that everything we do these days end up on some server somewhere on the groceries we buy to our bank accounts to ANYTHING you do on the web . The minute you step outside of your home you can have your picture taken by anyone with a smart phone , enter a store and someone is taping your every movement . Big Brother is watching .
I think most of us survived driving our parents cars mostly because they knew how much gas was in the car and just how long you were gone .
Checking your kids phones and internet usage I believe is a good thing so they aren’t going to get into trouble talking to strangers or visiting the wrong type of web sites when they should be doing homework .
In this day parents need to be very concerned with the drug use of their kids . The $hit out there can kill you the first time you use it . The drugs are so much more powerful than when I was in college . I am very concerned about the epidemic in this country so yes be MORE concerned about drug use by your kids and if you don’t trust them to drive your car don’t hand over the keys .