{"id":107308,"date":"2016-06-22T14:57:53","date_gmt":"2016-06-22T18:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedetroitbureau.com\/?p=107308"},"modified":"2020-06-30T16:46:44","modified_gmt":"2020-06-30T20:46:44","slug":"new-york-tops-list-of-best-states-for-teen-drivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/2016\/06\/new-york-tops-list-of-best-states-for-teen-drivers\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Tops List of Best States for Teen Drivers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Young drivers are less likely to exhibit risky behavior if given clear rules about what’s acceptable when they are behind the wheel.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

New York topped this year\u2019s list of best states for teenage drivers. Rankings in the top five for safety conditions, economic environment and driving laws, put it ahead of Oregon and Illinois. New York finished first last year as well.<\/p>\n

The Empire State was also home to the second lowest premium increase for adding a teen driver to a policy and had the second fewest teen driver fatalities per teen population in the U.S.<\/p>\n

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WalletHub.com puts the list together each year and bases the results on 16 metrics that \u201ccollectively speak\u201d to each state\u2019s safety conditions, economic environment and driving laws. The data set ranges from the number of teen driver fatalities to the average cost of car repairs to the presence of impaired-driving laws.<\/p>\n

The numbers when it comes to young, especially teenage, drivers are staggering. Motor vehicle accidents are the leading cause of death among people between the ages of 16 and 19, which is the same group with the highest risk of crashes.<\/p>\n

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Although 15- to 24-year-olds make up only 14% of the population, they rack up nearly a third of all costs resulting from motor vehicle injuries, the website noted, adding \u201cthat\u2019s not even counting the costs of auto maintenance, insurance premiums, possible traffic citations and other vehicular incidents \u2014 expenses that can pile up over time.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Motor vehicle accidents are the leading cause of death among 16 to 19 year olds in the U.S.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So states with policies and programs in place to offset some of those things are better places for teens to get their driver\u2019s licenses than others. The rest of the top 10 list after New York, included Oregon, Illinois, Delaware, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Washington, Louisiana, Rhode Island and California.<\/p>\n

(<\/em><\/strong>Click Here<\/a><\/span><\/strong> for more on why parents who set rules produce safer teen drivers.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The bottom five? Aside from South Dakota at No. 50 was Wyoming, North Dakota, Montana and Nebraska. Other interesting facts from the survey, include:<\/p>\n