Please visit these sites to find more useful information for teen drivers and their parents. Additional parent focused information can be found here>
Research
Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s (TTI) voice-to-text study is featured here, pages 12-13>
TTI’s Texting and Driving doubles reaction time study is here, pages 4-5>
Annual survey from State Farm™ explores reasons for using a cellphone while driving. Read full results.>
Driver Safety Education
Texas Department of Transportation
Public safety education page.
Georgia Department of Transportation Drive Alert. Arive Alive. Campaign.
Download a toolkit, watch videos, and get facts.
Texas Municipal Courts Education Center
Order information and activity books for elementary and middle school students and parents. Contact elizabeth@tmcec.com or 512-320-8274.
AAA Texas: Teen Drivers – Keys2Drive
Teen and parent information, including quizzes, articles and a parent-teen agreement. Information may be customized by state.
Alive @ 25
Developed by the National Safety Council, the video-based program focuses on good decision-making while the driver or passenger in a motor vehicle. Available in Texas.
The ART of Driving
A two-fold site designed to increase awareness among teenagers of the risks involved in being a young driver and to advocate for improvement in youth driver education courses.
Edmunds.com: Driver Safety Series
A series of articles detailing the risks and statistics associated with teen driving and tips for improving safety.
NHTSA – Driver Education Toolkit
A collection of more than 30 fact sheets, reports, report summaries, and curricula descriptions and guidelines, all focused on driver education, put together by NHTSA with the assistance of the national driver education community.
Roadside Survival
Low-tech solutions to automobile breakdowns.
Teens Health
The keys to defensive driving covers a variety of topics, from aggressive driving to bad weather driving.
TeenDriving.com
This site contains useful facts and tips to help teens be safer drivers under different situations.
The Safe Driver
Always a fun and interesting spin on driving topics.
Texas Department of Insurance – Free Safety and Health Publications
Driving in the Rain (Take-5 for Safety)
Licensing and Insurance Information
State Farm Young Driver Information
Information about adding a teen or young driver to your insurance policy.
Graduated Driver Licensing
Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) programs allow young drivers to safely gain driving experience before obtaining full driving privileges. Know the laws in your state.
Statistics
Nebraska Teen Driver Report
Statistics on Nebraska Teen Drivers.
California Office of Traffic Safety
Data and statistics for California.
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety – Teen Statistics
The most up-to-date numbers on teen injuries and deaths.
NHTSA – Data Resources
Get the latest traffic safety fact sheets.
NHTSA – Fatality Analysis Reporting System
Get instant reports on the latest crash data.
World Health Organization: Road Traffic Injuries
The World Health Organization (WHO), the directing and coordinating authority on international health within the United Nations’ system, works with partners—governmental and nongovernmental—around the world to raise the profile of the prevention of road traffic injuries.
Distracted Driving
Georgia Department of Transportation Drive Alert. Arive Alive. Campaign.
Georgia schools can request Drive Alert. Arrive Alive Campaign materials by contacting aedwards@dot.ga.gov
California Office of Transportation Distracted Driving
Campaign materials you can download and use.
AT&T “It Can Wait”
AT&T has launched a messaging campaign along with a powerful mini-documentary to educate consumers about using cell phones while driving. Find resources, a texting & driving IQ quiz and pledge forms.
Drowsy Driving
Drowsy Driving
National Sleep Foundation site dedicated to public awareness of driving while tired.
National Sleep Foundation (NSF)
Alerting the public, healthcare providers and policymakers to the life-and-death importance of adequate sleep is central to the mission of NSF. NSF is involved in public education and awareness initiatives including drowsy driving prevention.
Speeding
Keep Kids Alive Drive 25
A non-profit organization founded in the summer of 1998, Keep Kids Alive Drive 25 is a safety campaign targeting observance of the residential speed limit.
Safety Belts
Click it or Ticket
Get media for your seat belt activities.
Driving Under the Influence – Drinking and Drugs
Chronicles of a Teen Killer
Video from Houston-Galveston Area Council. A team of high school students from all over the Houston area was assembled by Texas Pictures to help create this powerful, graphic documentary that targets teens as the audience. The video is available on DVD to educators. Contact HGAC at 713-627-3200.
2young2drink
Website developed by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission. Includes educational materials, posters and more.
What Really Happened is a video of one teen’s story. Her parents decided to allow her to have a pool party, with alcohol, to celebrate before she leaves for college. What happens next should be a lesson to all of us.
The Century Council
Underage Drinking and Teen Drinking Prevention
MADD
Mothers Against Drunk Driving underage drinking prevention information, including Red Ribbon Week information.
Texting while driving PSA Videos
NHTSA – Textpert – a fun rap about the dangers of texting and driving.
AASHTO – Teen Texting While Driving Message
Teens in the Driver Seat YouTube Playlist of distracted driving videos.
Pedestrian & Bicycle Safety
Pedestrian Safer Journey – an in-class activity where viewers watch a video and discuss key messages from the video, including safe and unsafe pedestrian and driver behaviors.
Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center – supported by the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration, the Information Center provides educational guides and fact sheets for all ages.