Drop It And Drive

traffic deaths can result from in-vehicle collisions with unsecured objects, particularly heavy/sharp ones. Your backpack, family pet or any loose item all travel at the same speed as your vehicle & continue travelling at speed, becoming projectiles in a collision.

TIRF’s Lead, Youth Advisor Program, was in Ottawa this last week for National Teen Driver Safety Week delivering our Drop It And Drive program alongside Traffic Services- Toronto Police Service, PC Sean Shapiro & DIAD Founder/Director, Karen Bowman.

In an age of texting and TikTok, are teens more likely to drive distracted? According to Toronto-based injury-prevention non-profit Parachute, in 2018, the most recent year with data, road crashes were the second-leading cause of death from injuries among people between the ages of 15 to 19 – the first was su***de

Today is our final day of National Teen Driver Safety Week Drop It And Drive® Program, Traffic Injury Research Foundation youth presentations in partnership with Safer Roads Ottawa.

we have an entire vodcast series dedicated to helping young drivers & their parents through the learning to drive [safely] process?

Check it out & share: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLo8SxlQL1X7h3W5444aZmGpK_b2g1ir4U


Co-operators SGI Toronto Police Service Traffic Services- Toronto Police Service Teens Learn to Drive

We invite you to connect with TIRF Canada's Drop It And Drive® prevention education program for youth, workplaces & communities on these platforms:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/traffic-injury-research-foundation-tirf
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TIRFCANADA
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tirfcanada_diad

In a recent poll, the Traffic Injury Research Foundation found a 76% increase in the proportion of Canadians who reported driving while distracted in 2021 as compared to 2020. Stay alert behind the wheel this winter—and stay alive. https://bit.ly/3FCnOBZ