Countdown2:Drive Safe Passengers Today Good Drivers Tomorrow

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Countdown2DriveSafe Passengers Today Good
Drivers Tomorrow

• Adriane Burgess MSN, RNC-OB, CCE
• Sgt. Wesley Williams

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What is Countdown2Drive?

• Motor vehicle accidents are the leading cause of
  death in this age group
• Build trust and respect
• Open lines of communication
• Web based Parent/Teen passenger agreement
• 5 Rules
• Rewards and consequences

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The Rules5 Major Areas of Risk

• Steps teens can take to substantially reduce
  their risk and parental worries.
• Always wear a seatbelt
• Avoid distractions
• Impaired drivers
• Inexperienced drivers
• Unsafe drivers

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Passenger Agreements

• Think about the 5 Rules!
• Who is your teen allowed to ride with?
• What are the consequences if they do not
• follow the rules?
• What are the rewards if they do follow the
• rules?

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Getting Started

• Partnerships
• Sheriffs Department/Police
• Insurance Agents-Steve Horning State Farm
• Drivers Education Teachers
• School Nurses
• Teachers PE, Health and Computer
• Hospitals

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Design

• Make it real for the students
• Interactive
• PowerPoint
• Scripting associated with the Rules
• Cost to drive game
• State licensing requirements
• Survival 101

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Survival 101

• Drive Safe PA-Pennsylvania Department of
  Transportation Program
• Must be trained to utilize program
• Middle School/High School versions
• Crash scene photos that correspond with the rules
• Allows teens to see consequences of not following
  the rules

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Implementation

• Classroom based
• 45 minutes
• Large number of students can be reached in one
• day
• Contract completed as an assignment at home or
• in computer class and handed in for extra
  credit
• Students speak freely about what is happening
• when they are in cars with friends

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Implementation

• Auditorium
• 1 hour
• You reach a large number of students at one time
• Little to no one-on-one interaction
• Contract completed as assignment at home
• Difficult to make sure contract is completed

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Implementation

• Community Based
• 1 ½ hours
• Traditional format
• Parent and teen have time to discuss contract
• in the class setting
• Teen does not speak freely about what truly
• happens in the car
• You tend to reach teens who have parents that
  are
• already very involved and discussing these
  issues.

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Contact Information

• Adriane Burgess MSN, RNC-OB, CCE
• aburgess2_at_wellspan.org
• Sgt. Wesley Williams
• WCWilliams_at_YorkCountyPA.gov

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Lead Agency