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Don’t Take the First Signs of Driver Fatigue for Granted

The Sleep Foundation remarks that sleep-deprived drivers are the cause of more than 6,400 casualties and 50,000 injuries on American highways. Studies show that sleep deprivation can affect motorists’ judgment, reflexes, and reaction times, effectively making them unfit to drive a motor vehicle. We discussed previously here on U in The Driver Seat how drowsy driving is […]

College Youth Engage in 2018 Traffic Safety Symposium

The U in the Driver Seat (UDS) Program at Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) held its annual U in the Driver Seat Symposium in Richardson, Texas, April 6-7, 2018. With the support of both public and private entities, the Symposium was available at no cost to over one hundred college-aged students representing ten different colleges […]

2017-2018 Symposium Video Challenge

At the 2017-2018 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 quarter of their final score. Teams were also scored on creativity, messaging, and video quality. The theme for this year’s […]

How alcohol affects driving ability

Alcohol is a substance that reduces the function of the brain, impairing thinking, reasoning and muscle coordination. All these abilities are essential to operating a vehicle safely. As alcohol levels rise in a person’s system, the negative effects on the central nervous system increase, too. Alcohol is absorbed directly through the walls of the stomach […]

Home for the Holidays

By Nene Clayton Let’s face it… December is a busy month for us!!! We have a few weeks to salvage our grades, prepare for finals, pack for the winter holidays, pinch our pennies to purchase gifts and brace ourselves for those dreaded “so how’s college going” questions from our relatives and family friends. As we […]