Last week teen drivers at Seymour High School had a special opportunity to utilize the school’s virtual interactive full-cab driving simulators which are part of the “Wildcat Teen Driving Center” at Seymour High School.
Seymour is the only school in Connecticut who has Virtual Interactive Full-Cab Driving Simulators available to its students.
This was all part of a teen safe driving initiative held this week at the school coordinated by Seymour Public Schools Director of Security Rich Kearns.
Teens who signed-up for a special event appointment to use the Center were put through hands-on driving experiences showing the dangers of texting while driving.
The teens who participated were given certificates of safe driving to present to their insurance companies for potential safe driving discounts as well as gift cards for participating.
To cap off the week the nationally known teen safe driving program “Save a Life Tour Distracted/Texting Awareness Program” from Grand Rapids Michigan was invited back to make a stop at Seymour High School.
The program travels across the country educating teens in the responsibilities of safe driving focusing on the dangers of distracted/texting while driving.
The Connecticut Department of Transportation has provided the funding for the “Save A Life Tour Distracted/Texting Awareness Program” at 60 more High Schools in Connecticut beginning fall of 2015 at no cost to the hosting schools.
Seymour was one the lucky schools to be able to capture the experience for its students.
The “Save A Life Tour” is a high impact distracted driving program that demonstrates to students the potential deadly consequences of this dangerous behavior.
Utilizing distracted driving simulators, videos, speakers, and surveys; students experience first-hand the impacts of distracted driving.
Over 200 students from Seymour High School participated in this life changing experience.
Kearns was joined by School Resource Officer Corey Tomasella, Physical Education/Health Teachers Nick Aprea and Paul O’Connor who teamed up to help run the program.
