Triopia Junior-Senior High School was one of 105 high schools in Illinois to receive $2,000 in grant funding to participate in the 2010-’11 Operation Teen Safe Driving program.
The initiative is designed to educate teens about driving responsibly in an effort to decrease the number of fatalities and injuries involving teenagers in Illinois.
Students identify issues relating to traffic safety in their community such as underage drinking and driving unbuckled, impaired or distracted. The selected schools will develop and implement a peer-to-peer based program.
The program is funded by the Illinois Department of Transportation’s Division of Traffic Safety and the Allstate Foundation.
Winners are selected from each region and will receive prize money to host a post-prom party.
The top five schools in each of the seven regions will be invited to send students to a “Driving Skills for Life, Ride and Drive” event sponsored by the Ford Motor Company Fund. Students will observe professional drivers on two separate courses demonstrating critical driving skills.
Teens will then drive the same courses with the professional driver in the passenger seat providing tips and assistance.
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