State Farm car insurance teams up with... Ralph Macchio?

Admittedly, Canada doesn't offer the world's greatest driving instruction. By and large, young drivers are forced to rely on their parents to teach them how to handle themselves behind the wheel, which perpetuates a painful cycle of trans-generational bad habits.

State Farm is out to cure that ail with a new program designed to better prepare parents for their passenger seat responsibility. The Road Trips program incorporates a number of online tools, including videos, intended to alert both parents and new drivers to the challenges associated with learning to drive in 2011. With more distractions than ever before, State Farm says that parents need to understand the temptations facing their children while driving.

The video series features Ralph Macchio of The Karate Kid fame as he walks his son Daniel through the wax-on, wax-off of driving. If it sounds like watching paint dry, you're pretty much dead on, but we still applaud State Farm's efforts here. Head over to the program's site for more information and hit the jump for a look at the introductory video.