"Starting High School One Hour Later May Reduce Teen Traffic Accidents"

When teens sleep less then eight hours there weeknight increases every time. The average amount of sleep during weekend, they start getting at least 9 hours sleep. When the average sleep in teens is 8 hours. Teens crash increase over time because of the little sleep they are getting. The daytime sleep increases and more accidents occur because our body is asking for sleep. The most common crashes rate are from country crash.

"It is surprising that high schools continue to set their start times early, which impairs learning, attendance and driving safety of the students," said senior author Barbara Phillips, MD, director of the UK Healthcare Good Samaritan Sleep Center in Lexington, Ky.

"The authors report that both social and biological pressures appear to cause a shift in sleep patterns during the transition to adolescence, with the result that adolescents stay up progressively later." As a result the daytime sleep increases.
Teens should sleep well to have a better production of work and make it better quality. Teens should sleep 8 hours and decrease the chance of having a crash because they did not get enough sleep. Also to take precaution and if they know they are not in the condition to drive then wait till you'll ready.

Reduce Teen Traffic Accidents." ScienceDaily, 17 December 2008. Web. 3 November 2010. <http://www.sciencedaily.com­ /releases/2008/12/081215074351.htm>.