CAPE GIRARDEAU– Students from eleven Missouri schools will participate in a mock DWI crash during the TRACTION – teens taking action to prevent traffic crashes, youth traffic safety leadership training conference in Cape Girardeau July 25-27. Assisting in the mock crash will be Cape Girardeau Fire Department, Cape Girardeau Police Department, Cape County Private Ambulance, Junior Sinn Auto, and Cape County Coroner.
WHO: Students from the following eleven high schools: Twin Rivers, Notre Dame, New Madrid, South Reynolds County, Perryville, Leopold, Oran, Cape Central, Portageville, Liberty and McDonald County.
WHAT: TRACTION – teens taking action to prevent traffic crashes, Youth Traffic Safety Leadership Training Mock DWI Crash
WHEN: Friday, July 26, 2019, 10:45 a.m.
WHERE: Drury Plaza Hotel and Conference Center, Cape Girardeau, MO
WHY: From 2016-2018 there were 34 fatal crashes involving a substance impaired driver under 21. Forty-seven people were killed in these crashes.
TRACTION – teens taking action to prevent traffic crashes, is a statewide program sponsored by the Missouri Department of Transportation and the Cape Girardeau Police Department committed to empowering youth to promote safe driving habits while preventing underage drinking, drinking and driving, driver inattention and promoting safety belt usage.
After an initial training session, TRACTION youth create and implement action plans for school and community activities in an effort to reduce unsafe driving habits and the death and serious injury resulting from traffic crashes.
TRACTION is available to all schools in Missouri. For more information about how your school can become involved in this program call 1-800-800-BELT (2358).
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