Your child has turned 16 and is ready to (gulp!) finally obtain their Florida Driver’s License. With this license, your teen will be ready to hit the road! Exciting, isn’t it? Just think of it, soon your teen will be behind the wheel in South Florida’s tri-county area with thousands upon thousands of other drivers. Scary, huh?  Especially when you consider the number of auto accidents in South Florida.

While you’re happy for your teen, any parent can attest to the fact that this is one of the single most anxiety-inducing moments you will experience as a parent. While you’re certainly excited for your teen, you may worry about your child’s inexperience behind the wheel. Coupled with that, you worry that your teen may allow themselves to be distracted while driving. Distracted driving is incredibly dangerous, claiming 3,477 lives in 2015 alone, according to the National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration.  The term “distracted driving” refers to any activity a driver participates in while behind the wheel that causes them to lose focus on the road before them.  One of the biggest causes of distracted driving and South Florida auto accidents for all drivers, but particularly teens, is texting while driving. Luckily, however, you do not have to remain powerless over these things thanks to technology.

At the Law Offices of Joseph Bosco, we’d like to share something with you that may help alleviate just a little bit of your stress.  If you count yourself among stressed-out parents that I was referred to earlier, here are a few free apps to prevent your teen from being distracted by texting and driving.  These apps cover not just texting, but a variety of other causes of driver distraction.  Maybe, just maybe, these apps will help give you the peace of mind you need as a parent to take a deep breath and relax as your teen hits the road in their automobile.

If you have been injured in an auto accident in Fort Lauderdale or anywhere else in South Florida or beyond, you need an experienced South Florida Auto Accident Attorney to help guide you through the process and allow you to obtain full compensation for your injury, call the Law Offices of Joseph Bosco today toll-free at 844.380.HURT.  Our South Florida Injury Lawyers are in your corner!