Safe Young Drivers: A Guide for Parents and Teens [Spiral-bound]

Phil Berardelli (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 31, 2006

This is the 10th Anniversary edition of a book that has helped thousands of parents with what may be the most critical task they've ever undertaken - teaching their teenager to drive. Consider just this one fact: In the 27 months between the U.S. military's invasion of Iraq and the elections of that country's first parliamentary government - on Dec. 15, 2005 - about 1,600 American soldiers were killed in combat actions. Ove the same time period, approximately 16,500 teenagers - more than 10 times as many - died on our highways. A death on the road is just as sudden and violent as anything experienced in warfare. Vehicle crashes claim more teen lives than any other cause, and for the youngest drivers, the toll remains the highest. Each day you spend using this book, 20 teens on average will die on our highways. More than 1,500 will be injured, some disabled for life. Teaching your teen to drive may be one of the most challenging things you ever do - and the most rewarding. This book will give you step-by-step, lesson-by-lesson plans to help make your teen a Safe Young Driver.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Berardelli provides clear, well-considered advice, organized in a way that lets the author speak plainly with both parents and teens..." -- Kevin A. Wilson, Executive Editor, Auto Week

"This is a book that every parent trying to teach a teenager to drive ought to read." -- Judy Mann, Columnist, The Washington Post

"This is an invaluable book you absolutely must read before you allow your teenager behind the wheel of a car..." -- Dr. Laura Schlessinger --This text refers to an alternate Spiral-bound edition.

About the Author

Phil Berardelli is a journalist with more than 30 years experience. He has covered such topics as energy, science, educaiton and popular culture, as well as highway safety. His work has appeared in The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and many other newspapers and magazines. He was an editor at Time Life, Inc. and at United Press Internaitonal.

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 174 pages
• Publisher: Nautilus Communications, Inc.; 3rd edition (July 31, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0967519160
• ISBN-13: 978-0967519166
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.6 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,302,299 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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33 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars EXCELENT AID to TEACHING YOUR KID to DRIVE, November 30, 1999

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Carol M. Imhoff (Oceanside Ca) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Safe Young Drivers : A Guide for Parents and Teens (Spiral-bound)

This is an excelent guide to teacing your new driver how to drive. I covers all the facets of driving. I, as a Ca. DMV Licsened Driving Instructor, recomend this book to anybody who is going to take on the challenge of teaching their "NEW DRIVER," wheather young or old, to buy and read this book. The format is great. Phil (the author) does a great job of teaching the Licensed Driver to teach the person w/a Learner's Permit to drive. It is written in a format where one section is to the instructor, (parent,) and another is to the 'Teen,' (student) in language that is easy to understand. Get one, and you will love it. Carol,

18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Super! A great tool for parents. Easy to use and logical., November 21, 1998

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This review is from: Safe Young Drivers : A Guide for Parents and Teens (Spiral-bound)

I just saw Mr. Berardelli interviewed on The Today Show and what he had to say makes so much sense. It is up to parents to tackle this incredibly important job of teaching our teenagers to drive. It could be a matter of life and death for them. This book makes it easy and every parent should read it and use it.

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great dialog tool for you with your teen, January 17, 2002

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Dr. Nancy Dailey (Rixeyville, Virginia USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Safe Young Drivers: A Guide for Parents and Teens (Spiral-bound)

Berardelli does a great job of coaching parents on 1) how to cope with teaching your teen to drive, and 2) how to engage your teen to see the responsibility and honor having a drivers license really is. My book is a bit tattered. I have 3 teen boys, 2 with licenses. I used his suggestions, particularly the 100-hour lesson log, to negotiate expectations for driving in our family. My husband and I take teaching our kids to drive very seriously. We have not delegated it to the school or a driving instructor. Cars are just too fast, too many drivers are either ignorant of the laws of physics or don't think they apply to them in their cars, and we all just make mistakes on the road. My sons attend a rural, private high school with @160 students. In the past 4 years, 2 teens have died in car crashes. It's the greatest fear I have, not random terrorism.
I highly recommend this book as a dialog tool with your teen. I have used it as a "mediator" of sorts, turning to it to stop arguements about driving techniques with my sons. Every high school driving instructor should distribute this book to all their parents!