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state farm and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia found some encouraging trends around teen drivers in a way you probably don't think of when teens are passengers in the last few years thirty percent fewer teens were killed in a crash involving a teen driver fifty-four percent of teen passengers report always wearing a seatbelt and fourteen percent fewer teens reported getting into a car driven by a friend who'd been drinking still car crashes remain the number one cause of death for teenagers approaching the total of the next two largest causes combined and three times more likely for them than people over 20 now turning to teens as drivers Children's Hospital Philadelphia says there are three hot buttons to focus on to keep reducing the teen death driving trends first reduce distraction from other passengers and Technology a third of teens still admit to texting or emailing while driving increase their skills in scanning for hazard detection and speed management see our recent smarter driver segments on these exact techniques and increase seatbelt use that fifty four percent always number we mentioned is a good trend but not a good enough number certainly not compared to the eighty four percent of the US population overall it pays to double check that your team is getting good habits in the car regardless of what side of it they're sitting in