As we all know the holidays are approaching, which means we get to spend time with loved ones. However, other things come with the Holidays including packed malls, road trips to grandma’s house, and aggressive drivers. Before you go home or travel for the holidays, here are some Tips & Tricks for the road. Walk […]
A Combination Sure to Combust
Parties, Cars, and Dangerous Behavior A true story by Waamene Yowika According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) every day, almost 30 people in the United States die in drunk-driving crashes—that’s one person every 48 minutes in 2017. These deaths have fallen by a third in the last three decades; however, drunk-driving crashes […]
2019 Video Contest Winners
At the 2019 U in the Driver Seat Symposium, attendees were asked to participate in a 60-second video challenge. College teams had one week to complete the video and garner social media engagements for a third of their final score. Teams were also scored on creativity and messaging. The theme for this year’s video contest […]
Statewide Symposium Empowers College-Aged Youth to End Preventable Car Crashes
Car crashes remain the leading cause of injury and death for young persons under the age of 25. Two of the leading causes of these crashes that involve young drivers in Texas are distracted driving and impaired driving (under the influence of alcohol or drugs). The U in the Driver Seat (UDS) peer-to- peer program […]
You’re Not Invincible to Distracted Driving Dangers
Listen up. Distracted driving is an issue and will remain one as younger generations grow up with a cell phone always at their fingertips. The graph below, created by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) shows that the number of drivers who use an electronic device is going down. In 2016, 456 people died […]
Do You Have Road Rage?
Top Reasons Why People Engage in Aggressive Driving Let’s face it. We all want to get where we are going as soon as possible. Sometimes things get in our way, such as traffic, stop lights, pedestrians, and cyclists. I hear this all the time, “People in (insert literally any city name here) just don’t know […]
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