Helping your teen become a safer, more attentive driver starts with setting clear expectations and practicing regularly. If your teen will drive a Buick Encore, take time to review the Buick Encore safety features together. The team at Lunghamer Buick GMC can help you and your teen understand how the vehicle’s equipment works.
Agree on Clear Family Rules
Put your expectations in writing: everyone buckles up, phones stay put away and posted speed limits are followed. Use Michigan’s passenger and nighttime restrictions for your teen’s license level as your starting point. Agree that they’ll call you for a ride if they’re tired or a situation involves alcohol or drugs. Model the same habits whenever you drive.
Keep Practicing Together
Keep supervised practice part of your routine after driver’s education. Work on mirror and blind-spot checks before lane changes, then add busier traffic as skills improve. After each drive, discuss one skill to keep working on.
Learn Their Buick SUV’s Safety Features
Safety equipment varies across Buick SUVs, so review the features in your teen’s vehicle together. Forward Collision Alert, when equipped, can warn of a potential collision with a detected vehicle ahead. Available HD Surround Vision™ provides camera views to help with parking. Have your teen learn the controls before you head out for practice.
Use Teen Driver Feedback When Equipped
On a Buick SUV equipped with Teen Driver, register a designated key fob and review the in-vehicle report card together. Recorded items can include maximum speed and overspeed warnings, depending on the vehicle. Use that feedback to choose what to practice next.
Learn More About Buick Safety Features in Waterford, MI
Visit Lunghamer Buick GMC with your teen to review safety features. We can explain each model’s equipment and help you check for Teen Driver technology. Contact our team to arrange a vehicle walkthrough and ask your questions together.