News Releases
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 of the Texas Transportation [...]
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 avoiding distractions behind [...]
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 drivers, according to [...]
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 nation’s first peer-to-peer safety program for young [...]
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 growing trend of teen crash [...]
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 the number of fatalities [...]
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 result, the school is the first [...]
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 Driver Seat (TDS) [...]
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 to risky driving behaviors, so the schools [...]
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 danger.
Researchers from the [...]
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 young drivers aren’t even [...]
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 to observe the first-ever [...]
