The Daily Drive: Educating Parents and Teen Drivers

Car crashes are the leading cause of traumatic brain injuries for teens. 

March is Brain Injury Awareness Month. This month provides a platform for educating the general public about prevention, incidence of brain injury and the needs of people with brain injuries and their families. We have the second of our 2-part series on the subject with Wendy Berk and Sue Quick from the Brain Injury Alliance of New Jersey. They talk to host Mike Speck about the scope of vehicle crash-related teen brain injuries and the effects those injuries have on the victims and their families as well as what the Brain Injury Alliance of New Jersey is doing on behalf of teen driver safety. 

This The Daily Drive episode is part one of a two part series to bring attention to the prevention of traumatic brain injury. 

You'll hear a personal story from Sean and Jenny Carter from WhenSeanSpeaks. In 2005, Sean suffered a traumatic brain injury as a passenger in a single vehicle crash. They'll tell us what their life has been like after a traumatic brain injury as well as remind us that the choices we make have lifelong consequences. 

Join us for a conversation with Avonne Bell, Director Connected Life at CTIA, about the messaging and technology that the wireless industry provides to help teens and parents make better decisions when it comes to driving and cell phone use. 

Join us for a conversation with the authors of a new report that highlights the significant role that speeding plays in teen driver fatalities. Parents – there are simple things you can do to save lives and keep your teen safe.

“Our country has a speeding problem that has only worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic,” said GHSA Executive Director Jonathan Adkins. “Thousands of people die needlessly on our roads because some drivers mistakenly think less traffic means they can speed and nothing bad will happen. The data tell us that teen drivers are the most likely to be tempted to speed, so the need to address this issue is more critical than ever given traffic death trends during the pandemic.”

Canadian Ford Driving Skills for Life team members give us some great winter driving tips. We talk about everything from checking and prepping your vehicle to negotiating slides and what to do if you get stranded.

The time between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day is described as one of the deadliest and most dangerous times on America’s roadways due to an increase in impaired driving.

It's important to remember that impaired driving crashes are preventable.

Join us for a discussion with industry leaders addressing the growing impaired driving threats and trends on our roadways.

Speakers

- Kristin Smith, Head of Global Road Safety Policy at Uber 

- Officer Mike Blute, Georgia Drug Recognition Expert State Coordinator with Georgia GOHS

- Darrin Grondel, Vice President, Government Relations and Traffic Safety at Responsibility.org  

Moderator

- Mike Speck, Ford Driving Skills for Life lead driving instructor