NOYS® Traffic Safety
The NOYS® Traffic Safety Working Group aims to serve as the resource center for teen driver safety ideas, behaviors, and projects for NOYS® partners. The Traffic Safety Working Group will provide support on traffic safety policy challenges, program opportunities, fundraising initiatives, responses to current events, teen driver statistics and research, and other issues involving traffic safety as they arise. In addition, the NOYS® Youth Traffic Safety Working Group will monitor traffic safety component issues that affect multiple areas of youth health and safety.
Brand New NOYS Programs Coming SOON!
Underage Drinking and Driving
NHTSA Impaired Driving Resources
NHTSA Teen Underage Drinking Prevention Resources
Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety
NHTSA Pedestrian Safety Resources
NHTSA Bicyclist Safety Resources
The Long Short Walk 'n Roll
As
part of May’s Global Youth Traffic Safety Month
™
, youth are preparing to Act Out Loud to Take
Back the Streets for Safety by participating in the United Nations Global Road
Safety Week May 6 - 12, 2013, themed around pedestrian safety. The week will be an important milestone in
the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020, which has the goal of
preventing 5 million road traffic deaths by 2020.
Click here to download the flyer and find out more information.
Download signboards for your walk/ride to show who you are supporting for your event:
Walk Signboard
Correction to last week's UnderYOURInfluence Newsletter:
Stated: A helmet is the single most effective way to prevent head injury resulting from a
bicycle crash.
Correction: A helmet is the single most effective piece of safety equipment to prevent head injury
in the event of a bicycle crash.
Stated: To be noticed when riding at night, use a front light and a red reflector or flashing rear light, and use retro-reflective tape or markings on equipment or clothing.
Correction: To be noticed when riding at night, use a white front light and a red reflector or flashing rear light (as required by law), and use retro-reflective tape or markings on equipment and clothing.
The electronic version of the
NOYS
Community Engagement Guide is available!
NOYS® Teen Distracted Driving Community Engagement Guide: A guide for communities addressing teen distracted driving
including best practices, tips, & projects to address this issue
with teens.
To request your free hard-copy
submit your contact information and include: Attn CEG in the comment section.
Global Youth Traffic Safety Month™ & the Decade of Action
Every day, around the world, 3,500 people leave home and never return because they have been suddenly, violently, killed in a road crash. This epidemic is preventable and partners all around the world are joining forces to address traffic safety. NOYS
® has teamed up with the
UN Decade of Action for Global Road Safety campaign to take National Youth Traffic Safety Month
® Global. NOYS
® will be providing updates on partnership opportunities for 2012. For more information please send a message to info@noys.org.
NEW PSA Campaign
In an effort to educate young adult drivers about the dangers of reckless driving and curb the behavior of texting while driving, the State Attorneys General and Consumer Protection agencies, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Ad Council are launching a new public service advertising (PSA) campaign nationwide.
StopTextsStopWrecks.org is a new campaign website where teens and young adults can find facts about the impact of texting while driving and tips for how to curb the behavior.
View the PSA!
Check out National Road Safety Foundation's Teen Kids News!NRSF produces documentaries, educational programs and public service campaigns for broadcast and use in safety, educational and enforcement programs. NRSF offers its productions free of charge. Find out more at
National Road Safety Foundation.
Education Framework for Media Projects Promoting Road Safety for Children and Families
This
Road Safety Education Framework is jointly authored by Sesame Workshop and the Global Road Safety
Partnership (GRSP). It is intended as a practical guide for parents,
road safety educators and practitioners who are developing content,
educational materials and communication strategies to help children
better understand the risks associated with travel on or near the roads,
and to internalize and implement safer behaviors around roads and
vehicles.