Allstate's Safe Teen Driving Campaign Unveils a Cautionary Live Display in Washington, D.C.
June 23 2009 - 2:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
Allstate Raises Awareness of Safe Teen Driving, Urges Congress to
Pass Safe Teen and Novice Driver Uniform Protection (STANDUP) Act
WASHINGTON, June 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Local teenagers,
Montgomery County Police Captain Tom Didone and Members of Congress
joined Allstate today to unveil its live display featuring nearly
5,000 key chains, which represent the alarming number of teens who
die each year in teen-related car crashes. "With schools letting
out for the summer, this is an important time to remind both
teenagers and parents that the time between Memorial Day and Labor
Day is the deadliest timeframe of the year for teenagers behind the
wheel," said Dean Pappas, Allstate assistant vice president for
federal affairs. "We hope today's event reminds parents and teens
to have safe driving discussions on topics, such as wearing
seatbelts and not texting or talking on cell phones while driving."
The Allstate Foundation recently conducted a survey of young
drivers with the National Organizations for Youth Safety (NOYS),
which found that despite the recognition of danger, 83 percent of
teenagers admit that they talk on a cell phone while driving, and
68 percent admit to texting while driving. "Teen drivers need to
know it doesn't matter what you did yesterday, it matters what you
do today and tomorrow," said Captain Didone. "As my family learned,
nobody is immune and one mistake can have tragic results." Captain
Didone is a second-generation police officer who has been with the
Montgomery County, Md. Police Department since 1986. His
15-year-old son, Ryan, was killed when a car he was riding in
veered off the road and struck a tree not far from Damascus High
School. According to reports, Ryan was not wearing his seat belt.
Captain Didone spends his time today educating teenagers about the
importance of staying safe on the road. The new display is designed
to raise awareness of safe teen driving and The Safe Teen and
Novice Driver Uniform Protection (STANDUP) Act (H.R. 1895). The act
would create federal graduated driver licensing (GDL) standards
that reflect sound research on how best to reduce teen driving
crashes. The act is sponsored by Reps. Timothy Bishop (D-NY),
Michael Castle (R-DE) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) in the U.S. House
of Representatives, and backed by Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) in the
U.S. Senate. "We have to do everything possible to prepare
teenagers to drive," said Pappas. "With an ounce of prevention and
education today, we can save thousands of teenagers' lives
tomorrow." Results from the Allstate Foundation/NOYS survey also
revealed that nearly 40 percent of teens have heard about graduated
driver licensing (GDL), but only 23 percent say their parents know
their state's GDL laws. Parents who do enforce GDL, however, have a
big impact - fewer of their sons and daughters say they've been
ticketed (15 percent vs. 23 percent) and fewer have come close to
being in a collision (56 percent vs. 72 percent). "Allstate
supports the STANDUP Act because we are committed to reducing teen
fatalities on our nation's roads," Pappas added. "Recent findings
about dangerous teen driving only underscore the need for Congress
and communities across the United States to address this public
health risk." For additional tools and resources on protecting teen
drivers, including an interactive parent-teen driving contract,
visit http://www.allstate.com/teen. For additional information on
graduated driver licensing visit http://www.saferoads4teens.org/.
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approximately 17 million households protect what they have today
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CONTACT: Adam Shores of The Allstate Corporation, +1-847-402-5600
Web Site: http://www.saferoads4teens.org/ http://www.allstate.com/
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