REMINDER/Reducing Teen Car Crashes and Saving Lives: AAA Presents Facts on Graduated Licensing
--WHAT: A Traffic Safety Forum co-sponsored by AAA, the Citizens for Traffic Safety of Greater Dallas, Parkland Health & Hospital System Trauma Department and the Injury Prevention Center of Greater Dallas will address several safety topics, including the increased incidence of vehicle crashes among teen-age drivers. WHO: Steven Bloch, Ph.D., a AAA traffic safety researcher, and Mary McCoy of the Injury Prevention Center of Greater Dallas will speak at the forum about the dangers of teen crashes. Bloch will present statistical data on how graduated driver licensing has helped save teen lives in other states and how it will benefit Texas. Graduated driver licensing was approved by the Texas Legislature last year and is a system designed to introduce teens gradually into the driving environment. WHEN: Tuesday, March 18, 8 a.m. to noon (McCoy and Bloch will speak at 10 a.m.) WHERE: American Red Cross, 4800 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas