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I vote for a Bus Pass. Or loan yours out from time to time.

Facts don't lie. The problem is we think we're unique, it's the other kids that will get into an accident. More than we like to think, it's not.

We're very much more alike the we often realize.

There were 198.9 million licensed drivers in the United States in 2004 (2005 data not available). Young drivers, between 15 and 20 years old, accounted for 6.3 percent 12.5 million of the total, a 6.2-percent increase
from the 11.8 million young drivers in 1994.

In 2005, 7,460 15- to 20-year-old drivers were involved in fatal crashes – a 7-percent decrease from the 7,979 involved in 1995.

Driver fatalities for this age group increased by 4 percent between 1995 and 2005. For young males, driver fatalities rose by 5 percent, compared with a 1-percent decrease for young females.

Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for 15- to 20-yearolds based on 2003 figures, which are the latest mortality data currently available from the National Center for Health Statistics.

In 2005, 3,467 15-to 20-year-old drivers were killed and an additional 281,000 were injured in motor vehicle crashes.

In 2005, 12.6 percent 7,460 of all the drivers involved in fatal crashes 59,104 were young drivers age 15 to 20 years old, and 16 percent 1,699,000 of all drivers involved in police-reported crashes 10,832,000 were young drivers.

Among 15- to 20-year-old drivers involved in fatal crashes in 2005, 30 percent 365 of those who did not have valid operator’s licenses at the time of the crash also had previous license suspensions or revocations

For the same age group, 28 percent of the drivers who were killed in motor vehicle crashes during 2005 had been drinking.