First Impact Event in Crane To Teach Parents About Safe Teen Driving
January 30, 2020
The First Impact program is Thursday, February 6, in Crane.
Isaac Estes-Jones
There will be a special event on Thursday, February 6, at Crane High School, teaching parents about Missouri’s drivers license law for teenagers, as well as ways to help keep their teens safe. First Impact is a free program through the University of Missouri that brings law enforcement and educators to parents to help them understand ways to prevent tragedy. Traffic crashes are the number one killer of teens and this program was developed to combat that statistic.
Although this event is free, registration is requested. To RSVP, call (573) 884-3463 or visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/first-impact-new-driver-parent-education-program-at-crane-high-school-tickets-86037503489.
Starting at 6 p.m. on Thursday, February 6, Dean Tucker Dothage and Chief Darin Chance of the Ash Grove Police Department will speak to parents about ways to reduce teen injuries and deaths in motor vehicles.
Parents are also invited to bring their new driver with them. The program will explain Missouri’s Graduated Drivers License law then move into strategies and evidence based practices that help reduce traffic crashes involving teen drivers.
According to First Impact materials, “Missouri’s [graduated driver license] law is a three-step licensing system. The purpose is to ease teens into licensure so that they can build skill in an environment that minimizes those things that are shown to cause the greatest risk for new drivers.”
The 90 minute program emphasizes to parents and drivers the risks and responsibilities involved in driving to help prevent tragedies. The strategies and information offered have proven to be effective ways to reduce the number of crashes. The program shows the “importance of parents and teens working together to eliminate teen crashes, injuries and fatalities.”
Visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/first-impact-new-driver-parent-education-program-at-crane-high-school-tickets-86037503489 to learn more about the program and come out on February 6 to learn how to help new drivers stay safe.
This is a free event that is open to all of the community, not just parents of Crane students.
There will be a special event on Thursday, February 6, at Crane High School, teaching parents about Missouri’s drivers license law for teenagers, as well as ways to help keep their teens safe. First Impact is a free program through the University of Missouri that brings law enforcement and educators to parents to help them understand ways to prevent tragedy. Traffic crashes are the number one killer of teens and this program was developed to combat that statistic.
Although this event is free, registration is requested. To RSVP, call (573) 884-3463 or visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/first-impact-new-driver-parent-education-program-at-crane-high-school-tickets-86037503489.
Starting at 6 p.m. on Thursday, February 6, Dean Tucker Dothage and Chief Darin Chance of the Ash Grove Police Department will speak to parents about ways to reduce teen injuries and deaths in motor vehicles.
Parents are also invited to bring their new driver with them. The program will explain Missouri’s Graduated Drivers License law then move into strategies and evidence based practices that help reduce traffic crashes involving teen drivers.
According to First Impact materials, “Missouri’s [graduated driver license] law is a three-step licensing system. The purpose is to ease teens into licensure so that they can build skill in an environment that minimizes those things that are shown to cause the greatest risk for new drivers.”
The 90 minute program emphasizes to parents and drivers the risks and responsibilities involved in driving to help prevent tragedies. The strategies and information offered have proven to be effective ways to reduce the number of crashes. The program shows the “importance of parents and teens working together to eliminate teen crashes, injuries and fatalities.”
Visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/first-impact-new-driver-parent-education-program-at-crane-high-school-tickets-86037503489 to learn more about the program and come out on February 6 to learn how to help new drivers stay safe.
This is a free event that is open to all of the community, not just parents of Crane students.