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September 6, 2021

Does Your Teen Text While Driving? Now There’s An App For That.

Prevention – in the form of personal responsibility – can help us contain the public health crisis of COVID-19, and it can do the same with the epidemic of distracted driving.

Article by Stacey Tisdale / Distraction, News / app, distract, text

August 19, 2021

Ride With Me Social Media Toolkit

This content is available to logged in program schools and virtual users. Login (to the right) or to request access, complete the form here>

Article by Christy Thomas / Activity Categories, Distraction, Impaired, Online Activity, Seat Belts, Social Distancing Activity, Social Media Kit, Speed

June 4, 2019

Spring 2019 Summary of “Zero Crazy” Results – Focus on Electronic Use

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 and log electronic use.
As a continuation of last year’s discovery, when we compare schools that have participated in the activity multiple years with first-year activity schools, we found that the multi-year (participated 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 years) young driver pre-observations were higher than first-year young driver pre-observations. These results suggest regular focus on this risk is resulting in less young driver distractions over time.

Article by Stacey Tisdale / Distraction, Featured Article, News / 2019 Zero Crazy, distraction, electronic device use, observation Leave a Comment

May 17, 2019

8 Safe Driving Tips for the Summer that Everyone Needs to Know

“Prevention and planning may take a little time up front but will spare you from dealing with the consequences of a breakdown—or worse yet, a highway crash—later.” For most of us, summer is here and basically in full effect! Our partners at National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) are great about publishing safe driving tips […]

Article by Stacey Tisdale / Distraction, Impaired, News, Nighttime Drowsy, Seat Belts, Speed / car safety, nhtsa Leave a Comment

April 3, 2019

Work Zone Awareness Week: Drive Like You Work Here

Think about it: you get up and go to work and you constantly have to watch for drivers who may be unsafe or even angry you are doing your job. That’s not right! Last year (2017) 132 workers didn’t go home at the end of their work day. We need to help get that number to ZERO! So, here are some tips to keep everyone safe.

Article by Stacey Tisdale / Distraction, FMCSA, News / 2019, fmcsa, work zone safety Leave a Comment

February 10, 2019

Distraction Medley, more than just cell-phones

By Maddie Graham We know all of you have been harped about texting and driving as much as your mom tells you to wash the dishes. It’s everywhere: on billboards, safety messages at school, even advanced car technology that prevents cell phone use while driving. However, distracted driving is a much larger issue than just […]

Article by Gabriella Medina / Distraction, News / distracted driving, distracted driving awareness, driving while texting, eating, nhtsa Leave a Comment

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