Car insurance for teen drivers may cost up to twice as much as an older adult driver. This can have a heavy impact on a family’s expenses by sometimes doubling the bills. The reasons for this discrepancy are obvious.

Most people are aware of popular statistics such as: car accidents are the number one cause of death for children eighteen and under. More than half of these automobile related deaths occur when a teen driver is behind the wheel. Most passenger fatalities happen when they are not wearing a seat belt and moving at forty-five miles per hour or faster.

Most people in the U.S. learn to drive at the age of fifteen or sixteen through standardized driver education classes. These training courses are offered to people of all ages but are usually targeted towards high school students. Local school districts sometimes provide drivers ed as an after-school program. Older people seeking driver education are left with fewer options.