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July 24, 2015

Catch the CRZY Spring Distracted Driving Results

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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%

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