Year after year student organizations at Texas high schools and junior highs commit to actively participate in the State’s leading teen-led traffic safety program, Teens in the Driver Seat®. Teens in the Driver Seat® is an initiative of the Youth Transportation Safety Program at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute sponsored by the Texas Department of […]
Nebraska Teen Driving Experiences Survey Four-Year Trend Report
Teens in the Driver Seat (TDS) is a peer-to-peer traffic safety program for youth. The program has been in Nebraska High Schools since the 2013-2014 school year. Members of a TDS program at a school engage in many activities to promote safe driving. One of the activities that youth leaders in the program complete is […]
TDS Zero Crazy Distracted Driving Results – Spring 2018
During the spring of 2018, Teens in the Driver Seat (TDS) supported an activity at TDS schools to decrease electronic use among teen drivers and adult drivers who transport students. The activity, Zero Crazy, is in its fifth year and consists of a pre-observation, three weeks of messaging, a post-observation, and a pizza party for […]
TDS Zero Crazy Seat Belt Results – Fall 2017
During the fall of 2017, Teens in the Driver Seat (TDS) launched the 5th annual Zero Crazy activity to increase seat belt use among teen drivers and passengers at TDS schools. The activity consists of a pre-observation, three weeks of messaging, a post-observation, and a pizza party for the schools that completed and returned all […]
Henk Appointed Chair of the Texas Teen Safe Driving Coalition
With the last 15 years of his professional career dedicated to the safety of teen drivers and their passengers, Russell Henk, senior research engineer with the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI), has been named chairperson of Texas’ Teen Safe Driving Coalition — a partnership led by the National Safety Council. Henk is the program manager of […]