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Garland’s teen drivers show significant safety improvements

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

For release:    February 17, 2010 For more information:  Bernie Fette      Office: 979-845-2623 / Cell: 979-777-7532 Garland’s teen drivers show significant safety improvements GARLAND – Safer driving habits for Garland teenagers have helped to sharply reduce fatal crashes in the community, according to a recent case study. Researchers from the Teens in the Driver Seat Center [...]

Texas teen drivers show decline in cell phone use

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

For immediate release: September 24, 2009 For more information: Bernie Fette, 979-845-2623 (office) or 979-777-7532 (cell) Texas teen drivers are more aware of the danger posed by cell phones than they were a year ago, and they are less likely to use a phone while driving. And overall, urban teens tend to be better at [...]

Peer program & GDL law help Texas lead U.S. in reducing teen crashes

Monday, July 27th, 2009

For immediate release: 2 p.m. CDT, July 27, 2009 For more information: Bernie Fette, 979-845-2623 (office) or 979-777-7532 (cell) The rate of fatal teen crashes is declining faster and more steadily in Texas than in any other state, thanks in part to a growing program that uses peer communication to reduce the dangers for young [...]

Channelview teens mirror others’ risky driving habits

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009

For immediate release: January 21, 2009 For more information: Stephanie Schraeder, Channelview ISD, 281-452-8025 Bernie Fette, TDS, 979-777-7532 www.t-driver.com http://tti.tamu.edu/infofor/media/topics/teen_driving/archive/01-21-2009/ CHANNELVIEW – Local teens share a number of risky driving habits with other young drivers across Texas, according to a recent study. In response, Channelview students have launched Teens in the Driver Seat (TDS), the [...]

Local teens launch peer-based program to prevent crash deaths and injuries

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

For immediate release: November 12, 2008 For more information: Jeanine Audette, 860-584-7043 Bernie Fette, 979-845-2623 (office) or 979-777-7532 (cell) BRISTOL – A recent study shows that area teenagers understand little about the main dangers they face on the road. In response, students from two local high schools are using a new program to reverse the [...]

Teens share credit for decline in crash deaths

Monday, October 20th, 2008

For immediate release: October 20, 2008 For more information: Bernie Fette, 979-845-2623 (office) or 979-777-7532 (cell) SAN ANTONIO – Teen traffic fatalities are seeing a sharp drop in Texas, and researchers say that part of the credit for the first time goes to an unlikely source – teenagers themselves. The most recent federal statistics show [...]

Pampa students launching new driver safety program after survey shows frequency of risky driving behaviors

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

For immediate release: May 14, 2008 For more information: Tracy Tellman, 806-356-3295 Bernie Fette, 979-845-2623 (office) or 979-777-7532 (cell) www.t-driver.com http://tti.tamu.edu/infofor/media/topics/teen_driving/archive/05-14-2008/ Students at Pampa High School are more likely to drive dangerously than other Texas high school students, even though they are generally more aware of the risks they face behind the wheel. As a [...]

Rodriguez secures funding to reduce teen crash fatalities

Monday, April 7th, 2008

For immediate release: April 7, 2008 For more information: Joshua Rosenblum, 202-251-8432 or Shawna Russell, 512-565-3903 SAN ANTONIO – Congressman Ciro Rodriguez today announced a federal appropriation aimed at reducing the number of teen crash fatalities in Southwest Texas. Funding in the amount of $343,000 will be used to expand the successful Teens in the [...]

Rival schools take up challenge to become safer drivers

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

For immediate release: December 20, 2007 For more information: Ken Roberts, 254-867-2705 (office) or 254-405-2658 (cell) Bernie Fette, 979-845-2623 (office) or 979-777-7532 (cell) www.t-driver.com http://tti.tamu.edu/infofor/media/topics/teen_driving/archive/12-20-2007/ WACO – Students at two McClennan County high schools are more aware of driving dangers than other Texas teenagers, according to a recent survey. Even so, those students still admit [...]

Teen drivers in the dark about greatest risk, surveys show

Wednesday, November 14th, 2007

For immediate release: November 14, 2007 For more information: Bernie Fette, 979-845-2623 (office) or 979-777-7532 (cell) DULUTH – With the recent end of Daylight Saving Time, driving in Georgia just got a lot more dangerous for teenagers. To make matters worse, a study of local teens reveals that young drivers aren’t even aware of the [...]

Teen drivers in the dark about greatest risk, surveys show

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

For immediate release: 10:00 a.m. on October 30, 2007 For more information: Bernie Fette, 979-845-2623 (office) or 979-777-7532 (cell) For complete survey results: http://tti.tamu.edu/infofor/media/topics/teen_driving/archive/10-30-2007/ Driving in Texas is about to get a lot more dangerous for teenagers beginning this weekend. To make matters worse, the most comprehensive study so far about teen driving reveals that [...]

State and Global Agencies Focus on Teen Driver Safety

Tuesday, April 24th, 2007

For immediate release: April 24, 2007 For more information: Shawna Russell, 512-565-3903 With some international help, the Teens in the Driver Seat® (TDS) Program, the nation’s first peer-to-peer safety program for young drivers, is expanding. That announcement came Tuesday as state leaders and officials of the Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization gathered [...]