Is Advanced Tech Hindering Driving Skills of Teens?
A recent study executed by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety focused on 21 parents who have “at least four common driver assistance features to teach their teens to drive” blind-spot monitoring, front or rear AEB, forward collision warning, lane departure warning, and lane departure prevention. The parents were divided into three focus groups.
After discussing their experiences with the tech and how it influences their kids’ driving education, the IIHS revealed that the parents consider the tech to provide a mixed bag of positive and negative benefits for their kids.
“Parents who have used advanced driving assistance features with their teens worry that things like blind-spot monitoring or lane departure warning systems could prevent them from learning the basics of driving, but they’re also aware those same features might save them from a crash,” says IIHS Research Scientist Rebecca West, who led the ag