Links
Please visit these sites to find more useful information for teen drivers and their parents.
AAA Texas: Teen Drivers – A Guide to Texas’ Graduated Driver License
This site contains information regarding the Texas Graduated Drivers Licensing (GDL) Law and the reason it was put into place.
The ART of Driving
A two-fold site designed to increase awareness among teenagers of the risks involved in being a young driver and to advocate for improvement in youth driver education courses.
Edmunds.com: Teen Driver Safety Series
A series of articles detailing the risks and statistics associated with teen driving and tips for improving safety.
Keep Kids Alive Drive 25
A non-profit organization founded in the summer of 1998, Keep Kids Alive Drive 25 is a safety campaign targeting observance of the residential speed limit.
Ladies Home Journal – Teen Driving: a Parents’ Guide
This site contains statistics and tips to help parents keep their teens safe and steps to take before buying a new vehicle for your teen.
National Sleep Foundation (NSF)
Alerting the public, healthcare providers and policymakers to the life-and-death importance of adequate sleep is central to the mission of NSF. NSF is involved in public education and awareness initiatives including drowsy driving prevention.
NHTSA – New Driver Safety Information
A resource for parents and teens including a safety checklist and a sample parent-teen safe driving contract.
TeenDriving.com
This site contains useful facts and tips to help teens be safer drivers under different situations.
Texas Department of Insurance – Free Safety and Health Publications
Texas Department of Public Safety: Graduated Driver License Program
This site contains information from the DPS regarding the GDL Program.
Texas Education Agency: Driver Training and Education
The Driver Training Division of the Texas Education Agency is the single point of contact for all driver training programs in Texas.
World Health Organization: Road Traffic Injuries
The World Health Organization (WHO), the directing and coordinating authority on international health within the United Nations’ system, works with partners—governmental and nongovernmental—around the world to raise the profile of the preventability of road traffic injuries.
Grant and Scholarship Opportunities
Bank of America: Student Leaders
Learn how to be a Bank of America Student Leader. Selected students participate in an eight-week paid internship and a week-long Student Leadership Summit to gain valuable civic, social and business leadership skills.
Youth Service America: Awards & Grants
Youth Service America (YSA) is a resource center that partners with thousands of organizations committed to increasing the quality and quantity of volunteer opportunities for young people, ages 5-25, to serve locally, nationally, and globally. Access information about awards and grants available to support and motivate youth, teachers, service-learning coordinators, and youth-serving organizations to plan and implement projects for Global Youth Service Day and on-going service throughout the year.