Mom and Dad Much More Concerned About How You Drive Than, Say, Doing Drugs [w/Video]

According to a survey commissioned by Chevrolet, more parents with teens worry about their child driving than they do about academic performance, drugs and alcohol use or any other issues that generally tends to stress them out.

With these findings in mind, Chevrolet is offering Teen Driver Technology on 10 of its 2017 cars, trucks and SUVs, which includes an industry-first in-vehicle report card that shows parents how their child performed when behind the wheel.

“I, like many of our employees, am a parent of teenagers, so we personally understand the anxiety of having a teen driver in the house,” said Steve Majoros, marketing exec for Chevrolet.

“And while we can’t control a teen’s behavior when they are in a car without a parent, Chevrolet’s Teen Driver Technology can remind them to buckle up and avoid speeding, while our other available active safety features can help to alert them in certain situations when they’re making less-than-perfect decisions.”

Active Safety features such as lane departure warning, lane keep assist, front & rear park assist, side blind zone alert, rear cross traffic alert, forward collision alert, forward automatic braking, rear automatic braking, front pedestrian braking, stability control, traction control and daytime running lights cannot be manually disabled in a Chevrolet car when Teen Driver is in use.

The previously mentioned in-vehicle “report card” is able to keep track of the following (depending on the vehicle): distance driven, maximum speed reached, overspeed warnings issued, stability control events, antilock braking events, forward collision alerts, and forward collision braking events.

Also, new for most 2017 models with Teen Driver are the maximum speed limiter and configurable audio volume limit, plus additional report card information for traction control activations, wide-open throttle events and tailgating alerts.

This survey was conducted online within the US by Harris Poll from June 16 to June 23, 2016, involving a total of 638 parents/legal guardians of a child between 13 to 17 years old.