- Start Early! Talk to your teen while driving. Early learning will enhance driving later.
- When your teen turns 13 or 14 years of age, have them ride in the front seat while you drive. Explain the progression of defensive scanning skills: looking ahead, watching for other drivers, checking the blind spot when changing lanes and coming to a complete stop and looking left, right, and ahead and then left again before proceeding.
- Have your teen identify all road signs and pavement markings and their meanings.
- Have your teen start judging when it is safe to turn left or right from a side street or parking lot exit, can they judge the cross traffic's speed and distance and is it safe to pull out into traffic.
- Have your teen identify when it is safe to turn left at an intersection by checking for oncoming and cross traffic.