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Earlier. >> we're going to go around the course. this is a closed course. this is the first part of the person's driving. >> reporter: even first-time drivers like cali have firsthand knowledge of the risks. >> there's a girl at my school that died last year. a lot of people are really disturbed by that. makes sense. >> so soledad, you know, in the story you heard about the sharp increase recently. but putting it in perspective, the insurance institute for highway safety, they show that there has been a dramatic decrease in teen-related fatal crashes from more than 8,000 in 1975 to more than 3...

Firsthand knowledge of the risks. >> there's a girl at my school that died last year. a lot of people are really disturbed by that, but it makes sense. >> reporter: so, in the report there, you saw that there has been a sharp increase, but that goes against, it bucks the trend of the insurance institute of highway safety that shows, zoraida, those numbers have been declining steadily, dramatically from 1975, from more than 8,000 fatal car wrecks to more than 3,000 fatal car wrecks in 2011 involving teenagers. and according to the cdc, it could very well be because of seat belt laws and graduat...