{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Socamom","provider_url":"https:\/\/socamom.com\/w","author_name":"Eva Wilson","author_url":"https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/author\/socasoca\/","title":"Ready to Drive: Global Youth Safety Month - Socamom","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"nRNUuoC8pP\"><a href=\"https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/ready-to-drive-global-youth-safety-month\/\">Ready to Drive: Global Youth Safety Month<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/ready-to-drive-global-youth-safety-month\/embed\/#?secret=nRNUuoC8pP\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Ready to Drive: Global Youth Safety Month&#8221; &#8212; Socamom\" data-secret=\"nRNUuoC8pP\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/nsc_post_pin.jpg","thumbnail_width":735,"thumbnail_height":1102,"description":"This isn't the way that I planned for this to go. I just knew that when my son turned 16, he would be in a rush to drive, and I would be putting the brakes on any discussions related to him getting behind the wheel. \u00a0He knew that I had my permit in South Carolina at 14, and was driving all by my lonesome at 15. I was certain that he would use this information against me to speed the process when it came to getting his driver's license, even if that was back in the stone ages. \u00a0I am pretty sure that he thinks that I drove a stone car with my feet like the family in that famous pre-historic cartoon. DC law allows teens to drive their siblings around, but not unrelated passengers, for a period of time, and the closer he got to 16, the more I looked forward to him getting a license so that he could eventually help us out with getting the kids to all of their activities. He plays soccer, his brother takes karate and runs track, and his sister has ballet lessons. \u00a0We have tried to be in 10 places at once, and it rarely, if ever, works out. As his 16th birthday got closer, he wanted to talk less and less about learning to drive, and more about the different metro routes that could get him where he needed to go. I told him that I had downloaded the driver's manual from the DMV website for him - he was less than enthused. \u00a0I couldn't understand it. With a driver's license comes freedom. \u00a0I had a talk with him to find out why he wasn't as eager to drive as we expected, and I found out that he was terrified of becoming a teen driver statistic. Apparently, my son had done some reading, and watched more than a few crash videos on YouTube and had become well aware of the risks to teen drivers, including the following facts: Car crashes are the #1 killer of teens Teens crash most often because they are inexperienced \u2013 not because they take more risks behind the wheel. Other teen passengers are one of the biggest distractions for teen drivers. Just one teen passenger raises a teen driver\u2019s fatal crash risk 44 percent. Two passengers doubles fatal crash risk. Three or more quadruples crash risk. Most fatal nighttime crashes involving teen drivers happen between 9 p.m. and midnight More than half of teens killed in car crashes were not restrained by a seatbelt. Number. One. Killer. Of. Teens. That is all that he needed to know to decide that driving just wasn't for him. \u00a0Sure he'd sit in the driver's seat while I went into the grocery store and listen to the radio, but as soon as I approach the car, he's back in the passenger seat with his seatbelt securely fastened."}