Get Real Behind The Wheel is committed to saving lives.

For the last several years vehicle accidents involving teen drivers have become the number one killer of teens. With more deaths than disease, suicide, and murder it has become increasingly important to create winning strategies that assist parents with protecting their teen drivers. With the heartbreaking statistics it is easy to feel hopeless but by better preparing future drivers for the harsh realities of driving, Get Real Behind The Wheel is looking to turn teen driving statistics towards the parents' favor.

Safer driving habits don't just start with your teen driver, it's a group effort that requires support from family, friends, and community. Get Real Behind The Wheel believes that promoting both parent and teen accountability will aid in creating safer driving conditions for all.

Get Real Behind The Wheel is proud to be pioneers when it comes to getting community involved early in their teenagers driving. Get Real Behind The Wheel was founded through heartbreak, and is dedicated to keeping teens safe on the road, and keeping parent free from the pain of losing their children. Please take the time to watch the provided video that chronicles the storyline that started Get Real Behind The Wheel.

Motor vehicle crashes are the leading killer of teenagers in America.

• The newest statistics show that in 2009, eight teenagers (16 to 19) died every day from injuries recieved in motor vehicle accidents. Averaged out that is one teenager lost every three hours in america.
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  More than one in three deaths of american teenagers were directly linked to a motor vehicle accident.
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  Averaged out by the percentage of time on the road, teenage drivers (16 to 19) are four times more likely to crash than any other age group.
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  The death rate for motor vehicle accidents seems to keep consistant about two male drivers or passengers ages (16 to 19) die to every one female.
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  There is a direct link between another teenager being present in the vehicle and the crash risk. The crash risk increases significantly with the number of unsuppervised teenagers.
  

Motor vehicle crashes are the leading killer of teenagers in America.

While community effort is a must there is no more important key to the safety of teenage drivers than then their parents. Safe driving habits can be taugh early on through both observation, and conversation. Even if your child is to young to drive by providing a model of what a safe driver looks like your child will have a strong foundation to grow with. It is also important as a parent that limitations are put in place, created rules are inforced, and consiquences for breaking established rules are understood.

Crucial to all of this is the Parent Teen Contract which assists you in creating an agreement with your teen driver that sets the standards of conduct, lays out your day to day expectations, encourages accountability, and states consequences.  The contract is easily reviewable, and can be edited and printed from your internet browser, or saved for safe keeping.

For editing on a standalone PDF program the zipped folder containing the file can be downloaded here.

Download Parent Teen Contract