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Lesson 12 of 15

Risk Taking and Risk Perception of Teenagers

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Learning Objectives

By the end of this lesson you'll be able to:

  • 1Recognize how peers, emotions, and inexperience raise teen crash risk.
  • 2Identify and resist common risky behaviors behind the wheel.
  • 3Make deliberate, lower-risk choices under pressure.

Step 1 of 2

A. Youthful Risk Taking

Key Things to Remember

  • Teen crashes come from inexperience combined with risk-taking.
  • Passengers and strong emotions raise your risk — manage both.
  • Make deliberate, lower-risk choices and resist peer pressure.
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