Order Free Teen Click It Toolkit for Your School* *All active TDS Texas High Schools will receive the FREE Teen Click It toolkit for your school by the week of March 19 to coincide with the statewide kickoff of the 2018 Teen Click It or Ticket campaign. Those active 2017-18 schools DO NOT need to […]
Grassroots Peer-to-Peer Teen Driver Safety Program Commemorates 15 Years of Saving Lives
Since 2002 Teens in the Driver Seat has reached over 1,250 schools and 1.3 million teens Car crashes are the number one killer of teens in America and for every American teen killed in a car crash, about 100 more are injured. Since 2002 Teens in the Driver Seat® (TDS) has been increasing awareness about […]
Participate in TxDOT’s Annual Teen Click It or Ticket
Texas schools have the opportunity to participate with the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to educate your friends about seat belts during the annual Teen Click It or Ticket. It’s easy to participate and an important message to get out since teens are the most likely to NOT wear their seat belts and seat belts save thousands of lives each year.
TxDOT recognizes Teens in the Driver Seat as a Best Practice
Teens in the Driver Seat® was recognized in the “Best Practices” section of the Texas Department of Transportation annual report.
TxDOT reminds motorists that “buzzed” driving is drunk driving
Spring – March 1st through May 31st – marks the most dangerous season on Texas roadways for alcohol-related traffic crashes. That’s why the Texas Department of Transportation is reminding motorists to line up a P.A.S.S. – a Person Appointed to Stay Sober – because even “buzzed” driving is drunk driving.
In 2011, spring accounted for 26 percent of all alcohol-related traffic crashes in Texas, according to TxDOT, more than any other season. At the same time, weekends continue to claim too many lives – more than half (58 percent) of all alcohol-related crashes occurred on a weekend in 2011. With spring break and holiday weekends approaching, TxDOT wants motorists to know that consuming just a few drinks can still impair a person’s ability to drive, and it has launched a public safety campaign to let them know of the effect alcohol has on driving.
Teens in the Driver Seat Day at the Capitol held May 4, 2012
Secretary of State , Hope Andrade, hosted Teens in the Driver Seat for a Day at the Capitol on May 4.