Catch the CRZY Spring Distracted Driving Results

During the Spring of 2015, Teens in the Driver Seat (TDS) supported an activity to decrease electronic use among teen drivers at TDS schools. The activity, named Catch the CRZY!, consisted of a pre-observation, three weeks of messaging, a post-observation, and a pizza party for the schools that completed and returned all observation data. The activity was offered to all program schools. Thirty-five schools signed up to complete the activity, twenty-five completed the pre-observations and eighteen of those returned all data that was completed correctly. These results were sent to the school, along with a $100 gift card to congratulate them on their achievements after only three weeks of outreach and related messaging. Catch the CRZY is available for TDS school every fall and spring. Watch for sign up information.

High school student teams were asked to observe teen drivers and log if they were or were not visibly using an electronic device. Junior High student teams were asked to observe adult drivers log electronic use.

Below are highlights of key data and results:

Texas Schools

High School #1 population: 150

			Pre-Counts		Post-Counts		% Change
	Total # of Vehicles Observed		21		21
	Total # of All Drivers Using a Device		33%		24%		-9%

High School #2 population: 268

		Pre-Counts	Post-Counts	% Change
	Total # of Vehicles Observed	72	78
	Total # of All Drivers Using a Device	11%	6%	-5%

High School #3 population: 1376

		Pre-Counts	Post-Counts	% Change
	Total # of Vehicles Observed	100	150
	Total # of All Drivers Using a Device	26%	21%	-5%

High School #4 population: 450

		Pre-Counts	Post-Counts	% Change
	Total # of Vehicles Observed	46	46
	Total # of All Drivers Using a Device	24%	13%	-11%

 High School #5 population: 745

		Pre-Counts	Post-Counts	% Change
	Total # of Vehicles Observed	300	300
	Total # of All Drivers Using a Device	5%	1%	-4%

High School #6 population: 147

		Pre-Counts	Post-Counts	% Change
	Total # of Vehicles Observed	36	36
	Total # of All Drivers Using a Device	42%	14%	-28%

High School #7 population: 125

		Pre-Counts	Post-Counts	% Change
	Total # of Vehicles Observed	49	42
	Total # of All Drivers Using a Device	43%	17%	-26%

High School #8 population: 2055

		Pre-Counts	Post-Counts	% Change
	Total # of Vehicles Observed	103	117
	Total # of All Drivers Using a Device	16%	6%	-10%

High School #9 population: 3168

		Pre-Counts	Post-Counts	% Change
	Total # of Vehicles Observed	172	198
	Total # of All Drivers Using a Device	40%	9%	-31%

Texas High Schools Weighted Aggregate

	Pre-Counts	Post-Counts	% Change
Total # of Vehicles Observed	899	988
Total # of All Drivers Using a Device	20.9%	8.7%	– 12.2%

Texas Junior Highs

Middle School #10 population: 1170

		Pre-Counts	Post-Counts	% Change
	Total # of Vehicles Observed	225	99
	Total # of All Drivers Using a Device	5%	3%	-2%

 Middle School #11 population: 1300

		Pre-Counts	Post-Counts	% Change
	Total # of Vehicles Observed	102	150
	Total # of All Drivers Using a Device	14%	5%		-9%

 Middle School #12 population: 183

		Pre-Counts	Post-Counts	% Change
	Total # of Vehicles Observed	50	50
	Total # of All Drivers Using a Device	60%	36%	-24%

Middle School #13 population: 792

		Pre-Counts	Post-Counts	% Change
	Total # of Vehicles Observed	200	200
	Total # of All Drivers Using a Device	7%	8%	1%

Texas Junior High Weighted Aggregate

		Pre-Counts	Post-Counts	% Change
	Total # of Vehicles Observed	577	499
	Total # of All Drivers Using a Device	11.8%	8.8%	-3%

Nebraska Schools

Jr. High #14 population: 274

		Pre-Counts	Post-Counts	% Change
	Total # of Vehicles Observed	58	62
	Total # of All Drivers Using a Device	19%	10%	-9%

High School #15 population: 1200

		Pre-Counts	Post-Counts	% Change
	Total # of Vehicles Observed	119	115
	Total # of All Drivers Using a Device	7%	2%	-5%

High School #16 population: 115

		Pre-Counts	Post-Counts	% Change
	Total # of Vehicles Observed	16	18
	Total # of All Drivers Using a Device	0%	6%	6%

 Nebraska High School Weighted Aggregate

		Pre-Counts	Post-Counts	% Change
	Total # of Vehicles Observed	193	195
	Total # of All Drivers Using a Device	9.8%	4.6%	-5.2%

Arkansas School

High School #17 population: 388
		Pre-Counts	Post-Counts	% Change
	Total # of Vehicles Observed	127	140
	Total # of All Drivers Using a Device	9%	5%	-4%

Minnesota School

High School #18 population: 268
		Pre-Counts	Post-Counts	% Change
	Total # of Vehicles Observed	34	28
	Total # of All Drivers Using a Device	0%	0%	0%

Total Participant Weighted Aggregate

		Pre-Counts	Post-Counts	% Change
	Total # of Vehicles Observed	1253	1351
	Total # of All Drivers Using a Device	17.3%	7.6%	-9.7%