Make a commitment<\/h3>\nState Farm hosts \u201ccelebrate my drive,\u201d a chance for students throughout the United States to pledge a commitment to safe driving on behalf of their high schools. Schools with the most commitments can win grants and other prizes including an in-school concert by Kelly Clarkson. Learn more.\u00a0<\/a>\n

Play a game<\/h3>\nThe American Automobile Association Foundation for Traffic Safety (AAA Foundation)<\/a> is offering discounts for DriverZed<\/a>, an interactive computer game that exposes new drivers to over 100 different scenarios. They are also offering a reduced price for\u00a0Teaching Your Teens to Drive,<\/span>\u00a0the accompanying parent handbook. <\/span>Learn more.\u00a0<\/a>\n

Create an announcement<\/h3>\nTeens can create and spread their own safe-driving campaign with help from Ride Like A Friend. Drive Like You Care (RLAF), a national peer-to-peer initiative. The program provides tips and templates for classroom engagement activities. These include a student Public Service Announcement contests, secret ballots, and a driving safety \u201cpop\u201d quiz. Learn more<\/a>.\n

Get your teachers involved<\/h3>\nSchool instructors at all grade levels are encouraged to teach students about the consequences of poor driving decisions with Impact Teen Drivers, a national resource for safe driving education. The site allows users to develop their own lessons and includes grade-appropriate building blocks. Learn more.<\/a>\n

Sign an agreement<\/h3>\nThe Parent-Teen Driver\u2019s Agreement, a customizable contract, helps parents outline consequences and rewards for teen driving practices. The template can be downloaded on the Center for Disease Control website. Learn more.<\/a>\n\n \n\nImage Source: State Farm on Flickr,\u00a0http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/statefarm\/<\/a><\/em>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

National Teen Driver Safety Week — held this week through Friday, October 26th \u2013 aims to build national awareness about safe teen driving practices. Created by the Federal Congress in 2007, NTDSW engages teens, parents, and teachers throughout the country\u00a0and is\u00a0sponsored by over 50 organizations — including\u00a0State Farm Insurance and Children\u2019s Hospital of Philadelphia \u2013 and is endorsed by the … Continue reading “5 ways to support National Teen Driver Safety Week”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1487,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[67,128,129],"class_list":["post-1199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-teen-driving","tag-teen-drivers","tag-parents","tag-national-teen-drivers-safety-week"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}