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Welcome To My First Posting!

Morgan Scheibel • May 05, 2016

Welcome to my first posting. There is so much information out there today about insurance – from companies promoting for cheap cheap cheap, to quality.  My intention with blogging is hoping to help educate you in understanding your everyday exposures.  Insurance is not all that fun, not all that exciting, but necessary.  Yes you are paying for something you don’t see until that day when something happens.  And I hope that day never happens for you, but if it does, I hope you are correctly insured.

So to start my first post, like I said there is so much to talk about and so many options.  I have an upcoming event I am volunteering for which brings to light teens and driving. So, I think I will focus on that this time.

Allstate Insurance has done tons of research over the last 10 years about teen drivers and their exposure.  They get behind the wheel of a huge piece of metal, not exactly aware of the lethal weapon they just jumped into.  I remember my first day of driving and all the excitement.  You aren’t thinking about all the risk, all the exposures for you or your parents.  You just want to be the cool one and drive.  At 16, you know everything, right?!

I have teamed up with the local division of StreetSafeUS.  They are a non-profit organization where everyone is a volunteer.  This is to show students the risks that are out there the minute they jump behind the wheel of the lethal weapon.  It’s not your everyday driving school type learning environment.  They have real live people come and share their experiences.  Parents that have lost children in driving accidents, others that have caused accidents, and taking the lives of others.  And, then there is the insurance exposure that most of the teenagers and parents are not aware of.  Your limits of liability only pay up to what you have on your policy.  After that, it’s up to you as the policyholder.  You could lose more than money: your home, your savings, retirement and income are exposed.  So, that is why I decided to partner with StreetSafeUS.  To help make our streets safer, our drivers more knowledgeable about what is at risk.  When you have the time to, check out their website at www.streetsafeus.com .  

Here’s some statistics to leave you with:

  • Car crashes are the #1 killer of teens in America 2
  • Parents are the #1 influence of teen drivers 1
  • 84% of parents and 79% of teens admit to speeding 1
  • More parents than teens use their phones while driving 1
  • About ½ of teens will likely crash before graduating high school 3
  • Teens are 4x more likely to be killed in a car crash with 3+ friends in the car 4
  • 69% of teens think they should have more practice before getting a license 1
  • 61% of teen passengers killed in a car crash weren’t wearing a seat belt 2
  • 6PM to Midnight is the most deadly time for teens on the road 2
1  The Allstate Foundation’s 2015 Driving Change Report 2 Insurance Institute for Highway Safety 2013 Teen Fatality Facts 3 National Safety Council 4 Tefft, Brain C., Allan F. Williams, and Juerk G. Grabowski. “Teen Driver Risk in Relation to Age & Number of Passengers.” (2012): 1. Print

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