{"id":354827,"date":"2026-06-10T15:55:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T15:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/354827\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T15:55:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T15:55:08","slug":"keeping-teen-drivers-safe-as-they-hit-the-road-over-the-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/354827\/","title":{"rendered":"Keeping teen drivers safe as they hit the road over the summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX)  \u2014 The summer can be a dangerous time on the road for young drivers.<\/p>\n<p>Memorial Day marks the beginning for what traffic safety experts call the &#8220;100 Deadliest Days&#8221; for teen drivers.<\/p>\n<p>During this time, teen traffic fatalities are seen to increase by more than 20%.<\/p>\n<p>On average, nine teen deaths are seen on the road every day from May 25 to September 7. <\/p>\n<p>Grant Hubley, Vice President of Family, Career and Community Leaders of America, joined ARC Bakersfield to share how families can make sure their young drivers stay safe on the road.<\/p>\n<p>More information about teen driver safety can be found at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.100safestdaysofsummer.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">100safestdaysofsummer.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 The summer can be a dangerous time on the road for young drivers. Memorial&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":277785,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-354827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=354827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354827\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}