article_snippet: The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety Traffic Safety analyzed nearly 1,700 videos that capture the actions of teen drivers in the moments before a crash.
article_snippet: The study is unusual because researchers rarely have access to crash videos that clearly show what drivers were doing in the seconds before impact as well as what was happening on the road.
article_snippet: AAA was able to examine more than 6,842 videos from cameras mounted in vehicles, showing both the driver and the simultaneous view out the windshield.
article_snippet: The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety got the videos from Lytx Inc., which offers programs that use video to coach drivers in improving coach drivers behavior and reducing collisions.
article_snippet: Crashes or hard-braking events were captured in 1,691 of the videos.
article_snippet: Caught on camera: A teen driver loses control of A teen driver vehicle after A teen driver was driving distracted .
article_snippet: Finding the source of the problem: The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety analyzed nearly 1,700 videos that capture the actions of teen drivers in the moments before a crash .
article_snippet: In one video released by AAA, a teenage boy is seen trying to navigate a turn on a rain-slicked road with one hand on the wheel and a cellphone held to a teenage boy ear in the other hand.
article_snippet: One teen driver is captured braking hard at the last moment to avoid slamming into the back of an SUV stopped or slowed in traffic ahead.
highlights_snippet: The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety analyzed nearly 1,700 videos that capture the actions of teen drivers in the moments before a crash .
  