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Support for National Teen Driver Safety Week has grown, and the media coverage for this initiative has been overwhelming. Celebrities, including singer/songwriter Jesse McCartney, racecar driver Zach Veach and television personality Oprah Winfrey, [7] have formally endorsed the week, and U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood [8] acknowledged distracted driving as an epidemic, calling for ...
Through a hyper-realistic demonstration on Thursday, Lowell high schoolers learned the risks of distracted driving. The Every 15 Minutes program came to Lowell Jr./Sr. High School, setting up a ...
Impact Teen Drivers creates an online social network through Twitter and Facebook. The first campaign was rolled out in May 2008 and the second was in March 2009. [2] Fall 2009 was the start of a new campaign, "What do you consider lethal?", including the launching of the new teen-centered site of the same name.
Using a cell phone while driving increases the driver's risk of causing a crash. Drivers can become distracted, decreasing the driver's awareness on the road, leading to more car crashes. When drivers talk on cell phones the risk of an automobile crash resulting in hospitalization is four times higher than when not talking on a cell phone. [8]
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Oklahoma police officer Clayton Hicks put his life on the line when he decided to rescue Edison High School senior Zach Whitney, who was stuck inside a burning car. Whitney told KOKI he thought he ...
There is evidence that the less teenagers drive, the risk of injury drops. [16] There is a lack of evidence as to whether educational interventions to promote active transport and share information about the risks, cost, and stresses involved with driving are effective at reducing or delaying car driving in the teenage years. [16]
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