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Tire Rack Street Survival Returns to New York to Educate Teen Drivers and Save Lives

John Mitty Wednesday, July 11, 2012

TIRE RACK STREET SURVIVAL RETURNS TO NEW YORK TO TEACH TEENS HOW TO ‘ARRIVE ALIVE’ DURING THIS SUMMER’S ‘100 DEADLIEST DAYS’

WHAT: Tire Rack Street Survival® National Non-Profit Teen Driving Program

WHERE: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
1255 Hempstead Turnpike
Uniondale, NY 11553

WHEN: Saturday, July 14th, 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

WHY PREVIEW/COVER IT:

More than 5,000 youths ages 15 - 20 are involved in fatal motor vehicle crashes each year. According to the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), the summer months (June, July and August) are the most dangerous. During the past five summers (2006-2010), an average of eight teens (ages 16-19) were killed each day in car accidents (more than 3,800 total), earning the stretch from Memorial Day to Labor Day the nickname of the 100 Deadliest Days on the road. The majority of fatal accidents were attributed to common driving errors.

Tire Rack Street Survival is a national non-profit teen driving education program that teaches teens the skills they need to stay alive behind the wheel, including how to avoid these common driving errors. 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. The program will be held in New York on Saturday, July 14.

Students attend a short classroom session and then learn, hands-on, how to manage everyday driving hazards, obstacles and challenges. These controlled courses include maneuvers designed to teach emergency braking and skid control, how to control unintended oversteer and understeer, and how to avoid accidents entirely.
Students are taught in their own cars so that the skills they learn can be directly translated to their daily driving experiences.
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.

To view pictures from past schools, please visit http://streetsurvival.org/about-street-survival/photo-gallery/.

MEDIA CONTACTS:
Jordan Walker
Brandware Public Relations for Tire Rack
(770) 649-0880 x310 (o)
(317) 460-6924 (m)
jwalker@brandwarepr.com

Lindsay Wagner
Brandware Public Relations for Tire Rack
(949) 357-6781
lwagner@Brandwarepr.com

ON-SITE CONTACT:
Matthew Brod
(718) 755-2393
onrailsm3@hotmail.com

jmitty@longislandyellowpages.com

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