History
In August of 2000, I had a near run-in with a teen driver who had run a red-light. She had nearly hit my car and pulled into a gas station. I had spoken with her there and had told her that she needed to be more careful. She proceeded to tell me to not bother her in words that “Would Make Sailors Blush.” During this incident, I thought that there needed to be a way for parents to find out about their teen’s driving and behavior. While continuing to drive home, I had seen a “How’s My Driving?” sticker on the back of a truck, and Tell-My-Mom.com was born.
As an Emergency Medical Technician with a local rescue service, I had seen first hand many teen accidents and was looking for a way to help reduce these collisions. Studying the program for the trucking industry, I found that they had seen over 20% reductions in accidents and ticketing. The studies went on to say that in most instances, drivers were making proactive changes in their driving, because they did not want to be called to the boss’ office to justify their actions. Teens react in much the same fashion.
Officially launching on September 1, 2000to “ride the coat-tails” of the Wisconsin Graduated Drivers License law, Tell-My-Mom.com has grown far beyond a local program. We now service Parents and Teens throughout the United States, Canada and France.
In June of 2001, after talking with parents and observing the training that teens receive prior to getting their license, I wrote the book “Teaching Your Teen to Drive.” This book offers a syllabus for parents to follow while driving with their teen. I have personally observed that the teens that drive a lot with their parents are much better at making the important decision that are needed while driving as well as much more able to correctly handle the vehicle
Tell-My-Mom.com has become a labor of passion for me and my family. We operate Tell-My-Mom.com as a home-based business and try to give every customer personalized attention. I have spoken directly with most of our customers and firmly believe that personal attention will help us save lives. We want to work closely with our subscribers to help them through their individual areas of concern.
How’s My Driving Monitor for Safe Teen Drivers
By placing our How’s My Driving sticker on your car, other drivers now have an easy way to provide feedback about your teen’s driving. Utilizing this information, concerned parents can work with their teen to correct poor driving skills and reinforce safe driving behavior.
Every year nearly 10,000 teens die violently in automobile crashes. Young drivers account for 18% of all police reported automobile or truck crashes. This staggering fact should scare the parents of every teen driver.
When a report is received, parents are contacted via mail or e-mail with information regarding your teen’s driving behavior. Utilize this information to teach your teen accident reduction and defensive driving techniques.
Trucking companies utilizing “How’s My Driving?” driver monitoring programs have reported a 20% decrease in accidents and ticketing. It’s our hope that Tell-My-Mom.com can increase safety in teen driving in a similar fashion.
Driver’s Education cannot teach your teen to safely operate an automobile, only the rules. Driving safety is a decision and must be obtained through experience and parental involvement. You as a parent must be involved to properly teach your teen to drive. Studies have shown that when a parent takes an active role in their teen’s driving, and is made aware of their driving habits, that many injuries or fatalities can be prevented.
Many parents erroneously think that a driver’s license means that their teen is a good driver. Rather, it simply means that on one day in the teen’s life, while driving on their BEST behavior, that they could operate a vehicle with fewer than 25 mistakes during the 12 minute test. That’s one opportunity every 30 seconds to kill or be killed.
Our e-book “Teaching Your Teen To Drive” can help parents with 40 lesson plans to teach while driving with their teen. Many parents only know to grab the dash and scream when teaching their teen. Our book will reduce both parent and teen anxiety.
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