Countdown2Drive

Countdown2Drive is a national education program that is designed to equip teens ages 13 – 14 and their parents with safe passenger and driving knowledge well before the teen is ready to drive legally. The program’s goal is to help teens learn how to protect themselves in vehicles as they become more independent.

A key component of the Countdown2Drive program is a parent-teen Passenger Agreement.  Parents and teens can use the web tool at www.countdown2Drive.org to establish family rules and guidelines - with rewards, and consequences for teen passengers - as they begin to ride with teen drivers and begin to think about driving themselves.  Writing the rules into an agreement will help everyone to understand what the family’s safe driving expectations will be when the teen begins driving. 

At age 13 and 14, a teen’s risk of dying while riding with a teenage driver is double what it was when they were younger, and it continues to rise each year.  The Countdown2Drive program aims to reduce this risk by helping young teens lay the groundwork for becoming safe passengers today and good drivers later. 

Safe Kids coalitions and chapters across the country are introducing the Countdown2Drive program to parents and teens in local Countdown2Drive Rallies that walk families through the steps of creating a Passenger Agreement.

More Information

• How you can participate
• Countdown2Drive.org
• Find an event near you