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- To recognize National Teen Driver Safety Week, learn tips to protect your teen on the road. Be part of our Vital Signs Facebook chat for moms and dads of teen drivers, tomorrow, Friday, October 19, 10am Eastern.
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- Don’t miss today’s live Twitter chat from 3-4pm EST hosted by the Center for Injury Research and Prevention at CHOP (https://twitter.com/safetymd).
Participants are invited to discuss what they're doing for National Teen Driver Safety Week (NTDSW) and to share ideas. We’ll be tweeting our resources and helping answer questions.
Join the chat using #TeenDriving2012
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- A Parent-Teen Driving agreement puts everyone on the same page about your family’s rules of the road. Create your agreement today. If you have already created an agreement, now is a good time to revisit your agreement. http://www.cdc.gov/ParentsAreTheKey/agreement/index.html?s_cid=fb_patk485
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- Happy National Teen Driver Safety Week! Please share this graphic to help promote safe teen driving!
- For each danger zone, there is something that parents can do to minimize the risk and help keep their teen safe on the road. Find out what they are and what you can do.
- You pledged to keep them safe since the day they were born - now pledge to keep your teen safe on the road.
- Did you know that nearly one million high school students drank alcohol and got behind the wheel last year?
Teen drivers are 3 times more likely than more experienced drivers to be in a fatal crash. Drinking any alcohol greatly increases this risk for teens.
Join us for a Facebook Chat to discuss teen drinking and driving on Friday, October 19th at 10:00 am EDT. - Parents, check out Don't Drive Stupid's Teen Memoriam books that tell the stories of teens who died on Utah roads. Read the stories and then discuss with your teen what caused the crashes and what could have been done to prevent them.
- Did you know that we offer Parents are the Key posters, flyers, fact sheets, postcards and more that you can customize with your organization’s logo for free? Perfect for the upcoming National Teen Driver Safety Week!
- National Teen Driver Safety Week is next week! Parents, spread the word among your friends and community.
- Teen drivers are 3 times more likely than more experienced drivers to be in a fatal crash. Drinking any alcohol greatly increases this risk. Learn how to help prevent teen drinking and driving. http://go.usa.gov/Y28H
- Don’t miss tomorrow’s release of the new CDC Vital Signs about teens and impaired driving to learn about recent data and ways to keep your teen, and all of us, safe on the road.
- The Seeing My World through a Safer Lens video contest announces its winners! Check out the injury and violence prevention professional, student, and general public videos that won the contest!
- American Academy of Pediatrics Pediatricians, research shows that parents want to hear from you about how to keep their teen driver safe. We have materials developed for you and your practice to help keep your patients safe.
- We hope our posts this week have excited you about next month’s National Teen Driver Safety Week. Use our Event Planning Guide to learn how to plan an event and help save lives in your community.
- Want to know how to promote National Teen Driver Safety Week October 10-14? Visit Ride Like a Friend. Drive Like You Care. for ideas you and your teen can use in your school, organizations, place of worship, & community.
- “Share, Not Scare.” Try talking to your teen positively about safe driving. e.g. from Ride Like a Friend. Drive Like You Care.:
- High risk behavior: Speeding or driving too fast for conditions
- Safe behavior: Moderating speed for driving conditions (night, high traffic, rain/snow)
- Scare Message: Speed kills
- Share Message: Drive like you care. Follow the speed limit and moderate speed for driving conditions - ActivityOctoberPeople Who Like ThisVisits471