Street Survival program for teen drivers.

             Real cars, real drivers, real life.

Traffic accidents are the leading cause of death for young people between the ages of 16 and 19. To help reduce the risks to teen drivers, Tire Rack and the BMW Car Club of America have teamed up to create the Street Survival program.  While traditional driver education focuses on how many car lengths there should be between you and the car ahead on the highway and how to parallel park, the Street Survival program puts young drivers behind the wheel of their own car and teaches them how to deal safely with real world driving emergencies.

According to the Street Survival website:

The goals of the Tire Rack Street Survival® program are to teach students some of the basics of car control, to enhance their enjoyment of driving and to improve their competence as drivers. We want the students to understand how their actions govern a car's responses, and as a result to become safer, more effective drivers on the road.

The students will become more observant of the traffic situation they find themselves in. They will learn to look far enough ahead to anticipate unwise actions of other drivers. As the students master the application of physics to drive their cars, they will make fewer unwise driving actions themselves. They will understand why they should always wear their own seatbelts, and why they should insist that their passengers wear seatbelts, too.

Students will learn how to properly use their own cars based on the physics of car control. They will learn how their cars feel and sound just before and as they exceed the limits of tire adhesion in a controlled situation, helping them to avoid accidents in actual everyday driving situations where they might experience problems.

To get more information about the program, find answers to frequenly asked questions or request a Street Survival course in your area, go to the Street Survival website. There are also two videos about the program available on their media page. The cost is $75 for each driver. That's less than a pair of sneakers. What a great way for teens to learn the basics of car control and for parents to gain some peace of mind while their kids are behind the wheel.

Source: Grass  Roots Motorsports  Photos:  Street Survival.org