This is the first peer-to-peer program for teens that focuses solely on traffic safety and addresses all major risks for this age group. Their goal is to educate the student body about driving safety and decrease teen driving fatalities.There have been too many teen deaths in our community caused by unsafe driving practices and EPHS wants to bring awareness to this problem. EPHS Student Council and Leadership class students are now implementing the Teens in the Driver Seat® program EPHS.
According to the Teens in the Driver Seat website, "Car crashes kill more young people than any other cause, accounting for nearly half of all teen deaths in America each year. About 2,800 U.S. teens die each year in car crashes; that’s the equivalent of a school bus loaded with teenagers crashing once every week for an entire year."
