Teen Driving Safety Tools
The Young Driver Safety Research team at the Center for Injury Research and Prevention at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia has created free evidence-based teen driving safety tools for teens, parents, educators, advocates, policymakers, and primary care pediatricians. These teen driving safety tools are to be used to enhance teen driving safety and include fact sheets, videos, and educational curricula.
Featured Tools
TeenDrivingPlan Practice Guide
This interactive resource includes information and tools to help parents effectively supervise their teens' driving practice. Use this guide to create the right learning environment and to take action to keep teen drivers safe and learning.
TeenDrivingPlan Goal Guide
This useful tool helps remind families of their goals for each practice drive so that a portion of each focuses on learning a specific goal or goals. The TeenDrivingPlan Goal Guide is a summary of goals for practice drives detailed in the TeenDrivingPlan Practice Guide.
TeenDrivingPlan Logging Tool
The TeenDrivingPlan Logging Tool helps families track their practice driving by driving environments and record where their teens need work. This tool is intended to be used along with the TeenDrivingPlan Practice Guide.
TeenDrivingPlan YouTube Channel
The TeenDrivingPlan YouTube Channel offers 54 brief videos to help parents effectively supervise their teens' practice driving based on more than a decade of research at CHOP.
- Parent-Supervised Driving Resources
TeenDrivingPlan Practice Guide
This interactive resource is filled with activities, tools and 54 short videos to help both parents and teens make the most of their practice drive time.
Get Road Ready
This guide is a great starting point for teens and parents starting the process of learning to drive.
TeenDrivingPlan Goal Guide
This useful tool helps remind families to set goals for each practice drive so that a portion of each drive focuses on learning a specific goal or goals.
TeenDrivingPlan Logging Tool
This useful tool helps families track their practice driving by driving environments and to record where their teens need more practice.
Make the Most of the Learner Permit
This fact sheet guides families during the parent-supervised practice driving period.
The Intermediate Period
This fact sheet helps parents continue to support their teens when driving alone.
TeenDrivingPlan Postcard
This promotional tool helps stakeholders share the TeenDrivingPlan Practice Guide with families.
TeenDriverSource Postcard
This promotional tool helps stakeholders share TeenDriverSource.research.chop.edu with families.
TeenDrivingPlan YouTube Channel
This channel, from CHOP teen driving experts, offers 54 brief videos to help parents effectively supervise their teens' practice driving.
- Driving with Certain Medical Conditions
- Congenital Heart Disease and Driving Fact Sheet
The effects of congenital heart disease on everyday activities may transfer over to a teen's driving abilities. Learn more from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia experts.
Epilepsy and Driving Fact SheetThe effects of epilepsy on everyday activities may transfer over to a teen's driving abilities. Learn more from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia experts.
- Driving with Neurodevelopmental Differences Resources
Autistic Adolescents and Driving Fact Sheet
This resource is for families from the Autism ETA (Evaluating Transportation Among Adolescents) Research Team.
Neurodevelopmental Differences and Driving
Get evidence-based information on driving with neurodevelopmental differences, including autism and ADHD from CHOP experts at Teen Driver Source.
- Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) Resources
Most Newly Licensed Teens Do Follow GDL
Download and share this infographic based on research conducted by Allison E. Curry, PhD and her team at CIRP.
How GDL Decals May Work
Download and share this infographic on how decals may work to reduce teen crash risk based on research conducted by Allison E. Curry, PhD and her team at CIRP.
A Legislative Education Fact Sheet
This fact sheet should be shared with policymakers to enact decals as part of a comprehensive GDL program.
Another Legislative Education Fact Sheet
This fact sheet should be shared with policymakers to raise the age requirement for the intermediate license age for GDL to age 21.
Trends in Teen Driver Safety: Passengers Get Safer
This infographic shares trends in passenger safety from CIRP's "Miles to Go" series of reports.
Playing Catch-up -- How to Address the Lag in Reducing Child Mortality Rates
This informative webinar addresses traffic injuries, gun violence, and other issues affecting youth mortality and how to talk about the issue with health policy stakeholders and policymakers.
GDL Decal Research to Advocacy Webinar
This informative webinar shares how to advocate for stronger GDL provisions in your state, including a GDL decal, led by Allison E. Curry, PhD.
Facts and Stats
Get the latest facts and stats on various teen driving topics, including distracted driving, Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL), and speeding at TeenDriverSource.org.
- Primary Care Pediatrician Resources
Implementing Virtual Driving Assessment Into Adolescent Primary Care
Watch Dr. Alex Fiks discuss new research on implementing the Virtual Driving Assessment into primary care.
Teen Driving Safety for Primary Care Pediatricians Podcast
Listen in as Flaura Koplin Winston, MD, PhD, CIRP scientific director and leading teen driving safety researcher, talks about the latest teen driving safety research.
Giving Teens with ADHD the Keys to Safe Driving
Watch Thomas Power, PhD, director of the Center for Management of ADHD at CHOP, discuss ADHD and driving in this Medscape segment.
Teens with ASD Who Want to Drive: Determining Their Readiness
Watch Patty Huang, MD, a developmental and behavioral pediatrician at CHOP, discuss driving readiness for autistic teens and young adults in this Medscape segment.
TeenDrivingPlan Postcard
Share this promotional tool with families about the TeenDrivingPlan Practice Guide.
TeenDriverSource Postcard
Share this promotional tool with famillies about TeenDriverSource.org.
- Recruitment Resources
ADHD and Driving Survey Study Flyer
Driver Education Research (DRIVER) Recruitment Flyer
- Videos and Podcasts About Our Research
Implementing Virtual Driving Assessment Into Adolescent Primary Care
Watch Dr. Alex Fiks discuss new research on implementing the Virtual Driving Assessment into primary care.
Virtual Driving Assessment Predicts Risk of Crashing for Newly Licensed Drivers
Watch Elizabeth Walshe, PhD talk about a study predicting crash risk in newly licensed young drivers in this video.
Virtual Driving to Predict Crashes
Listen to Elizabeth Walshe, PhD talk about how a virtual driving assessment for new drivers helped predict the likelihood of first crashes on this American Academy of Pediatrics podcast.
Be Bold. Solve Important problems.
Listen in as Dr. Flaura Winston shares how CIRP takes a research to action to impact approach to prevent injury in children, teens, and young adults.
What is Working Memory?
Watch Elizabeth Walshe, PhD explain working memory and how it develops in this video.
Why Working Memory Matters to Teen Driver Safety
Watch Elizabeth Walshe, PhD explain working memory and the reason it may be why so many teen drivers are involved in car crashes in this video.
Can Autistic Teens Drive?
Watch Patty Huang, MD talk about CHOP's research on autism and driving.
NJM and CHOP: Advancing the Future of Teen Driver Safety
Watch NJM Consumer Safety Director Violet Marrero and CIRP Founder/Co-Scientific Director Dr. Flaura Winston discuss the merits of the virtual driving assessment program and the collaboration between NJM and CHOP to advance the future of teen driver safety.
Teen Driving Safety Podcast for Primary Care Pediatricians
Listen in as Flaura Winston, MD, PhD shares what pediatricians should know about teen driving safety.
Rethinking Cell Phone Use While Driving: Isolated Risk Behavior or a Pattern of Risk-Taking?
Watch Elizabeth Walshe, PhD talk about important research she conducted to help prevent distracted driving in this webinar recording.
Center for Child Injury Prevention Studies (CChIPS) Video Series Playlist
Watch videos about the Center for Child Injury Prevention Studies - a child injury research consortium focused on advancing the safety of children and adolescents.
