Ford DSFL Awards $125,000 to Augment State Teen Safe Driving Programs

GHSALOGOIn conjunction with Global Youth Traffic Safety Month, the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) is proud to announce that its award-winning Ford Driving Skills for Life (Ford DSFL) teen safe driving program will provide grant funding to seven State Highway Safety Offices (SHSOs) to supplement their outreach to teens going through the Graduated Driver Licensing process. This is the eighth …

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Gender differences of young drivers on injury severity outcome of highway crashes

jsrA research paper in the Journal of Safety Reasearch has found that gender is linked to the type of severe or fatal crash a young driver will be involved in.

The study, led by Sunanda Dissanayake, Ph.D. and Niranga Amarasingha, Ph.D. of Kansas State University was based on the evaluation of information collected from the state transportation department’s crash database …

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Rowdy Passengers Are Greater Risk To Teen Drivers than Cell Phones

tableTeenage drivers that are distracted by rowdy passengers fooling around or talking loud are more likely to be involved in serious incidents than those distracted by technology such as cell phones, according to a new study.

“Forty-three states currently restrict newly licensed drivers from having more than one young passenger in their vehicle,” Robert Foss, senior research scientist at the …

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Nissan Partners With Tennessee Governor’s Highway Safety Office to Educate Teens at More Than 110 Schools About Safe Driving Practices

Traffic crashes are the leading cause of death for American teens. The yearly increase in numbers of alcohol-related crashes for teens begins to occur during April and May — prom and graduation season — according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Nissan North America and the Tennessee Governor’s Highway Safety Office (GHSO) are stepping up and talking to …

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