A collection of articles to help your teen be a safe driver
Articles from State Farm® about insurance for teenagers and safety tips to help keep your teen and others safe and knowledgeable about the rules of the road.
Insurance tips for teens
Helpful Car Insurance Tips for College Students
When your child goes away to a college or university and leaves their car behind, there are options you might take to lower your insurance premiums during the months they are away.
How to Find the Best First Car for Your Teen Driver
Beginning drivers are at highest risk of a crash, so help them be safe.
The real costs of a non-moving or moving violation
The real consequences of critical driving errors.
Teaching a teen to drive
Steer Clear® by State Farm helps drivers under the age of 25 improve their driving skills, and possibly reduce their insurance costs, too. Discover how Steer Clear can help your teen develop save driving habits.
Teen Driving 101: A Step-by-Step Test of Essential Driving Skills
Before letting your teenager get behind the wheel, go over this driver skills checklist.
Why A Driving Curfew For Minors Helps With Driving Experience
Graduated driving laws and driving curfews all help to give new drivers limits. But there's no substitute for diverse time behind the wheel.
Things Have Changed Since You Learned to Drive
If you have a child taking driver's ed, it's time to learn the latest updates to the subject.
Ways to Help Your Teen Driver Stay Safe
Here are tips to help avoid teen crashes and stay safe on the road.
Tips to Avoid Drinking and Driving
Share these tips with your teen driver to help promote driving safety.
Attention, Teen Drivers: Buckle Up
How you can help your teens make buckling up a habit.
Additional articles for teen drivers
Texting While Driving Includes Growing Mobile Web Use
Texting while driving is not the only problem - drivers are increasingly using mobile web services.
How to Deal with Parking Lot Accidents
It's only a common fender bender, but all parties involved should know what to do.
Teen Driver Safety Tips for Prom and Graduation Season
While helping your teen plan, parents can advise about safe driving on the big night.
Teen Passenger Safety
A teen passenger and teens driving with friends face a higher safety risk than teens alone. Read how to increase your teen passenger’s safety.
Teen Driving and Texts
Roughly 200,000 crashes each year are caused by texting drivers, but most teens don't see the danger in it.
Tips to Avoid Drinking and Driving
Share these tips with your teen driver to help promote driving safety.
What to Do When Pulled Over by Police
It's likely to happen, so advise your children what to do when pulled over by police.
Advice for Teens on Dealing With an Accident
A car accident as a teen can be tricky. Let us walk you through several tips to prepare before an accident happens and what to do after one occurs.
5 Tips to Remember for Driving Safely in the Rain
Being behind the wheel of a rain-splattered windshield doesn't have to be stressful.
Ways To Make Your Traffic Merging Safer On Roads
Travelers can drive defensively and take precautions to prevent merging collisions.
Intersection Safety and Red Light Cameras
Running a red light is a bad idea, but in some places it can also mean a surprise ticket.
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