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The statistic still stands true today.
Road traffic injuries are the leading cause of death among young people ages, 15-29 years.
It all comes down to perspectives. How we view the situations we encounter in life. I stand today as a current college student, and safety advocate. I choose to view teens (my peers), as individuals who can drive change across the nation. Why? We make up 100% of the future, and we can come together to influence each other to buckle up and save lives!
Every year the lives of almost 1.24 million people are cut short as a result of a car crash.
Most of us believe it could never happen to us. At least, I never thought it could happen to me. But, on April 12, 2014 as I was coming back from a high school leadership conference, our school vehicle was hit head on by a distracted driver.
There’s nothing better than a group of young people striving to change the statistics!
To kick- Off National Teen Driver Safety Week, Safe Kids Worldwide teamed up with the National Traffic Safety Administration to host an event at Mills High School focused on teen passenger and driver’s safety.
My two boys love quarters. We don’t give them an allowance yet, but for the past few years we have used quarters as an incentive for doing things around the house like feeding the dog, picking up toys and emptying the dishwasher. My wife, Lauren, even pays them a quarter if they fart on me. Needless to say, Stephen, 6, and Thomas, 4, love these quarters, they save these quarters and they only spend them on the ultimate prize - Legos.
La infografía expone los peligros para los peatones en zonas escolares a través de los Estados Unidos y presenta recomendaciones a las comunidades para proteger a los adolescentes cerca de las escuelas.
Last month I was standing at an intersection in New York City, but felt like I was back living in my home city of Shanghai. All around me, there were jaywalkers who didn’t appear to have any interest in following the traffic signals, which reminded me of the so-called “Chinese Style Road Crossing.”
Our newest research, “Alarming Dangers in School Zones,” done with support from FedEx, takes a closer look at dangers in school zones that could lead to injuries to students while walking to school. We found that about 80 percent of students observed did not cross the street safely. And some drivers are not being safe either. We observed that 1 in 3 drivers dropping off or picking up students displayed unsafe behaviors, like texting while driving or blocking the crosswalk. The research also includes information about the school zones themselves.