Insurance Data: Accompanied Driving Causes Fewer Accidents

Spiegel

Lean Left

Factuality

Ownership

Anyone accompanying a young person driving a car will then be safer on the road. Figures from an insurer show a clear difference compared to young people who only drive a car when they are 18.

Good News

Factuality

Ownership

As a teenager, I could hardly wait to finally have my driver's license. In our small town, public transport was not yet a real alternative 15 years ago. Then the accompanied driving came from 17 – and I was there: in snow and rain, on highways, rural roads and in urban traffic. I practiced everything – with my parents at my side. That gave me safety when I was on my own when I was 18. And, as a recent study shows, this feeling was justified: you…