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Teen driver help
● "Survive Your Drive — Your Future is in Your Hands" campaign is aimed at teenage drivers in hopes of curbing fatalities. The informational campaign is to encourage teens to make safe driving choices whether behind the wheel or as passengers. Parents can also obtain information by going to www.surviveyourdrive.org/home.html
● For presentations, call Survive Your Drive campaign hotline at 696-5718.
According to Survive Your Drive Web page:
l Teenagers are four times more likely to be involved in an accident than any other age group.
l Teenage drivers account for 7 percent of the driving population and are involved in 14 percent of the fatal crashes.
l More than 10,000 teenagers die each year in traffic accidents.
Also, Tucson police are teaching a Safe Teen Accident Reduction Training program, which is free to teens ages 16 to 19 who have a driver's license. In addition to officers, police driving instructors also teach the classes. To register for classes on Oct. 14 and Oct. 28 go to www.tucsonpolicefoundation.org or call Sgt. Steve Culbertson at 791-4440.

Tucson Region

Survive Your Drive has a message for teens

By Carmen Duarte
ARIZONA DAILY STAR
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 09.07.2006
Students enrolled in a television broadcast journalism program in Amphitheater Public Schools developed a Web page this summer aimed at curbing fatalities among teenage drivers.
Survive Your Drive Web page contains local and national traffic statistics and driving practices among teenagers.
Erin Krevanik, who is now attending Northern Arizona University and majoring in communications and journalism, was the primary webmaster on the project, said Nancy Montoya, Digital Futures Summer Program instructor at Canyon del Oro High School.
"There was a total of five students who did the research, gathered all the information and put together the graphics," said Montoya who wrote a grant to fund the journalism program.
Students learned through their research that teenagers need more practice behind the wheel because they lack driving experience, Montoya said.
On Sept. 15, Comcast Cable will begin airing public service announcements about the Survive Your Drive campaign that will run for eight weeks.
The television spots include six different announcements that will feature students attending schools within Amphitheater Public Schools and Flowing Wells, Marana, Sahuarita and Tucson unified school districts, Montoya said.
The campaign is to educate parents, youth and community organizations about the causes leading to teen deaths on roadways. It also seeks to find solutions to curb the problem, said Alma L. Yubeta, with the Governor's Office of Highway Safety.
Between 1994 and 2004, more than 100 teenagers died in automobile accidents in the Tucson area, said Yubeta. She said teen driving deaths have reached epidemic proportions nationwide.
● Contact Carmen Duarte at 520-573-4104 or cduarte@azstarnet.com
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