Tracey and Roderic Strozier, from Lakeville, Minn., were spurred to launch Get 'Em Tagged (www.GetEmTagged.com) after a brush with near tragedy. One early morning in November 2006, they received the call that all parents dread. Their son, 16, and daughter, 18, were driving home at 2:00 a.m. when their daughter swerved off the road to avoid hitting a deer. "She went off the road at a 45-degree angle at 65 miles per hour, came up out of the ravine across three lanes of traffic, and repeatedly hit the median," Tracey recalls. "The car was totaled, and the kids were traumatized, but they didn't suffer any injuries. We were so fortunate, but that's not how the story usually ends." The numbers are stark. Teen drivers between 16 and 19 years old have a fatality rate four ti View the rest of this article
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