Teens in the Driver Seat

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Are You Scared of the Dark Games

 
Games to discuss nighttime driving facts. The first team that completes the game wins.

There are several renditions of this – pick the one that you like best!

 Items Needed
  • Two teams of students
  • Two areas – one dark and one lit, or 1 area and take turns
  • A flashlight
  • Items that can be placed around the room or in a box pertaining to nighttime driving. This can be ‘night’ objects (a bat, pillow, toothbrush, etc.), printed pictures, TDS items, or whatever you decide.
  • Invisible ink pens with lights (option 3 below).

 Steps
  1. Break group into teams. One team will be finding objects placed in the day (lights on) and one team will be finding items at night (lights off).
  2. Place items around the area while the teams are not looking.
  3. Give the first team 30 seconds to find the items with the lights off, giving them only a flashlight to use.
  4. After the time is up, count how many items they found.
  5. Replace the items.
  6. Give the second team 30 seconds to find items with the lights on.
  7. After the time is up, count how many items they found.
  8. Announce the winner and discuss the difficulty of ‘nighttime’ searching vs. ‘daytime’. Tie it to driving.
    1. Did the team members bump into any objects or other people when searching?
  9. Post photos of your activity on your social media channels to further promote the message of safe driving and tag @teensdriverseat so we can see your great work, too.
  10. Submit an online activity form at t-driver.com to get credit for your efforts.

Option 2:

You can also do this with a box – place a lot of items in a shallow box for one team, and more items of the same type in a deep, dark box. Call out an item both teams have and each team must locate the item. Whomever finds it first wins that round.

Option 3:

Using an invisible ink pen, write nighttime driving safety questions on sheets of paper and answers on other pieces of paper. Give each team a blue light (on the provided pens) and teams must match the correct answers to the questions using the lights. The first team who answers all correctly wins.

Don’t Forget
The goal of this activity is to encourage your peers to remember nighttime driving is dangerous, especially in unlit, rural areas. Get lots of nighttime driving practice, avoid drowsy driving, and drive slower and always distraction free. Find more nighttime driving information and facts.

 Make it GREAT
  • Conduct this activity during the Nighttime Driving Risk Unit.
  • Celebrate the winners by awarding them night glow sticks.