Jul 10, 2017 | Summer Promise 2017
Week 5: Drinking and Drugged Driving YOU’RE NOT ALONE Not All Teens Drink. Actually Most Don’t. You may know some teens who drink. You may even have tried it yourself. But the truth is three out of four teens don’t drink. That means the majority is staying...
Jul 3, 2017 | Summer Promise 2017
The Question Would you drive blindfolded at 55mph for the length of an entire football field and feel safe? (by the way, in Alabama it is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded while operating a vehicle. It’s the law.) The Answer Thousands of drivers actually do, and...
Jun 26, 2017 | Summer Promise 2017
52 % of passenger vehicle occupants killed in 2015 were unrestrained. The facts: Teens have the lowest seat belt use rates of any age group, leading to deadly consequences Only 65 percent of teens consistently wear their seat belts as both a driver and passenger A...
Jun 19, 2017 | Summer Promise 2017
By Pam Shadel Fischer, MLPA, CPST If you’ve got a novice driver in the house or you are one, take the time to brush up on your knowledge of your state’s graduated driver license (GDL) program, which is proven to reduce teen crash risk. The three-step licensing process...
Jun 12, 2017 | Summer Promise 2017
Is summer driving really more dangerous than winter driving? Icy and snow covered roads, shorter daylight hours, and ice build-up are certainly dangerous. The spring thaw can cause flooding roads and mudslides. Yet more teens die in crashes between Memorial Day and...
