South Brunswick Parent Academy Workshop Highlights Teen Driving Safety

According to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration, car crashes are the number one killer of teens in NJ and nationwide. In an effort to address this disturbing statistic and provide information to help parents make their teen’s safety a priority, the South Brunswick Parent Academy will present a Teen Driving Safety Workshop at South Brunswick High School on March 14. 

This 60-minute program will include an overview of the risks teens face behind the wheel, the changes to the Graduated Driver License (GDL) Law and the tools and resources available to assist families in making choices that will help them get through the most dangerous time in their teens’ lives.  Safest cars for teens, insurance, tips for partnering with a driving school, and parent-teen contracts are also addressed.  The workshop also includes time for a question and answer period with the presenter. 

The workshop will be presented by Detective Arnold Anderson, recently retired from the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Vehicular Homicide Unit.  Det. Anderson is a certified Collision Reconstructionist and a recognized expert and instructor in the field of motor vehicle collision investigation.

In addition to extensive involvement with numerous transportation commissions and coalitions, Det. Anderson is currently an instructor/trainer in the new Parent/Teen Driver Orientation program sponsored by Kean University and the New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety. 

The March 14th program will run from 7-8:30 p.m. and will be held at in the Blue Cafeteria, a change from SBPA’s usual location.  Additionally, unlike most SBPA workshops, childcare will NOT be provided. 

Interested parties can register online by visiting the District's Web site, www.sbschools.org and clicking the South Brunswick Parent Academy icon or by Emailing SBPA@sbparents.org.  If emailing your registration, please be sure to include your name and email address. 

Please note that this will be the last Parent Academy workshop for the 2011-12 school year.  The previously scheduled March 19 workshop, Cultural Conversations, has been cancelled, with the intention to reschedule the workshop for the 2012-13 school year.  Further information will be forthcoming from the SBPA as it becomes available.

The South Brunswick Parent Academy is a collaboration of the South Brunswick School District and Every Person Influences Children (EPIC).  EPIC is a non-profit organization whose programming is funded in South Brunswick by the South Brunswick Board of Education and a grant from the South Brunswick Municipal Alliance, as part of the NJ Governor’s Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse.