AVT
This type of technology includes navigation systems and Bluetooth connectivity to enhance driving.
What is Advanced Vehicle Technology (AVT)?
This term describes any activity that takes a driver’s attention away from driving.
What is distracted driving?
These programs are used in all 50 states to help new drivers gain experience safely.
What are graduated driver licensing programs?
Risk‑taking behavior combined with distraction makes driving especially dangerous for this age group.
Who are teen drivers?
This auto insurance company is the largest provider in the United States.
Who is State Farm?
These AVT tools help check a car’s surroundings and detect hazards.
What are sensors, cameras, and radar?
For these reasons teens are at risk their first months of driving.
What is inexperience and risk-taking?
Some states ban drivers from doing this with electronic devices.
What is holding phone in hands while driving?
A teen driver’s highest lifetime crash risk occurs during this time period.
What are the first several months after getting a license?
In 2024, State Farm partnered with this organization to launch a safety website.
What is the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA)?
AVT features such as lane assist and adaptive cruise control can cause this risky driver behavior.
What is driver overconfidence?
visual, cognitive, and manual distractions, including talking with passengers, adjusting a radio, eating, and more creates what type of driver
What is a distracted driver?
These laws are difficult to enforce because drivers often hide their behavior.
What are distracted driving bans?
This lack of experience makes teen drivers more vulnerable to crashes.
What is inexperience?
This website helps users look up graduated driver license rules by state.
What is GenerationDistractionFree.org?
AVT is designed to assist drivers, but it cannot replace this responsibility.
What is safe and attentive driving?
The more a driver engages in risky behaviors, the more this increases.
What is a car crash?
This level of government helps fund state and local traffic safety programs.
What is the federal government?
Reducing distracted driving among teens could accomplish this important goal.
What is saving lives?
This State Farm program uses a telematics app to reward safe drivers.
What is the Drive Safe & Save® Program?
When drivers rely too much on AVT instead of staying alert, crashes may increase due to this issue.
What is distracted driving?
Some states require this as part of their graduated driver licensing programs.
What is supervised driving experience?
Older vehicles may lack new safety features because they are not always this.
what is not lawfully required?
Distracted driving is described as this kind of problem.
What is a significant and widespread issue?
State Farm wants to inspire behavior change by involving agents, employees, and these outside groups.
What are community partners and stakeholders?