Ford Motor Company, Governors Highway Safety Association and the California Office of Traffic Safety bring FREE Driving Skills for Life Teen Driver Summer Camp to Indio, CA
Who: More than 200 teens between the ages of 16 and 19 in the Palm Springs area that have a valid driver’s license.
What: Students will learn advanced safe driving skills from some of the nation’s top professional driving instructors, race car drivers and a Hollywood stuntman. They will learn crucial safe driving skills, including hazard recognition, vehicle handling, speed management and space management.
The course will take teens through the dangerous realities of reckless driving, speeding, maneuvering around obstacles in the road, being involved in a skid and in-car hazards.
The specially equipped course and vehicles will let the teen drivers experience the worst the road has to offer in a controlled and safe environment.
When:
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Session 1:
8:30 am – 12:30 pm
Session 2:
12:30 am – 4:00 pm
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Session 1:
8:30 am – 12:30 pm
Session 2:
12:30 am – 4:00 pm
Where:
The Riverside County
Fairgrounds
82-503 Hwy 111
Indio, CA 92201
Why: Vehicle crashes are the No.1 killer of teenagers in America, and nearly 7,000 die each year from them. In 2006, 560 California residents between ages of 16 and 20 died in such collisions according to the most recent data from the California Highway Patrol.
Because of figures like these, Ford Motor Company Fund, the Governors Highway Safety Association and a panel of safety experts developed Driving Skills for Life. This comprehensive program focuses on teaching skills necessary for safe driving and often not fully understood by new drivers.
