National Teen Driver Safety Week is October 17-23 this year. We encourage you to be part of the change and join other teens, parents and traffic safety advocates across the country in a national dialogue. Be the best kind of influencer – the kind that could save lives. Get the facts and use them to […]
Teens Take Home Top Honors in 14th Annual Driving the Message Contest
Recognizing Student Excellence in Advocating Teen Driver Safety Car crashes are a leading cause of death for teens 15 to 18 years old in the United States, second only to teen suicide. Teen drivers are at a higher risk of being in a car crash due to driver inexperience. That lack of expertise, coupled with […]
Teens in the Driver Seat® and General Motors continue partnership to create a campus traffic safety culture.
Health and safety of the state’s youngest road users is still of upmost importance for groups like Teens in the Driver Seat (TDS) and General Motors whose partnership began in 2019. In 2018, 3,370 people were killed in a crash involving a teen driver (15 to 19), and motor vehicle crashes are a leading cause […]
TTI’s Teens in the Driver Seat® Launches New App to Encourage Safety in Young Drivers
Car crashes account for nearly one-third of all teen deaths in America each year. As a part of National Teen Driver Safety Week Oct. 18–24, teen advocates of the Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s (TTI’s) Teens in the Driver Seat® (TDS) program launched its You in the Driver Seat (YDS) smartphone app, aimed at encouraging safer […]
Texas Schools Are Active In Saving Lives through Teens in the Driver Seat® Program
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 […]