WHAT: Tire Rack Street Survival
National Non-Profit Advanced
Teen Drivers’ Education Program
WHERE:
Faith Christian Assembly Church
25201 Outer Drive Melvindale, MI 48122
WHEN: Saturday, August 24th, 8:00AM-4:30PM
WHY PREVIEW THE PROGRAM EARLY / COVER SAME-DAY:
Memorial Day through Labor Day are the “100 Deadliest Days” for teen drivers. Did you know that nearly 5,000 youths ages 15 – 20 are involved in fatal motor vehicle crashes each year in the U.S. (according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)? During the summer, teen drivers will be spending more time on the road, creating more potential for accidents.
Simple driving errors, avoidable but common among inexperienced teens, cause the majority of fatal accidents.
- Tire Rack Street Survival® is a national non-profit and advanced teen drivers’ education program that teaches teens the skills they need to stay alive behind the wheel. Unlike traditional driver education programs based on classroom theory and simple maneuvers, the Tire Rack Street Survival® program improves driver competence through hands-on experiences in real-world driving situations.
- Students will receive a short classroom session and then will learn, hands-on, how to manage everyday driving hazards, obstacles and challenges in a controlled environment on an advanced driving course to ultimately ‘arrive alive.’
- Students learn emergency braking and skid control, how to control unintended oversteer and understeer, and how to avoid accidents entirely. In select schools, in addition to spending time in the driver’s seat of an 18-wheeler to fully comprehend its massive blind spots, teenagers witness the violent detonation of an air bag, which demonstrates the force of the explosive devices.
- Students are taught in their own cars, not specially prepared program vehicles, so that the skills they learn can be directly translated to their daily driving experiences. Tire Rack Street Survival® challenges teenagers to understand how to control a vehicle, rather than just operate one.
Tire Rack Street Survival® is open to licensed and permitted drivers ages 15 – 21. Forms, schedules and more information can be found online at http://www.streetsurvival.org. The cost is $75 per student and some insurance companies offer premium discounts to graduates.
