The issue of speeding

Facts about speeding

Every mile per hour you increase you also reaction travel time, braking distance and
impact energy.
Speeding as a factor in fatal teen crashes has gone up from 30% in 2000 to 33% in
2011
Speed limits in the united states have been progressively been going up, in some
states they are as high as 80 mph+
From 2000-2011 there were 19,447 speed related crashes involving teen drivers.
Half of all fatal rashes involving 16 year old drivers with 3 or more passengers are
speeding related.
Speeding is more prevalent among males at night, and with more teen passengers
onboard, and leads to more off of the road and single vehicle crashes.

How to fix this issue

State + Local police should enforce speeding laws, along with
automated speed cameras in more intersections, and tighten
graduated driver licensing restrictions on nighttime driving and teen
passengers
Parents shouldnt buy their child a car right away, they are more
likely to speed if they are the primary owner of a car then the family
car
Graduated Driver Licensing
o One of the most successful countermeasure in reducing teen
crashes
o Keep newly-licensed, young driver out of harms way by