Gauging Your Distraction
NY Times posted this interactive activity to demonstrate how multi tasking leads to crashes.
Gauging Your Distraction New studies show that drivers overestimate their ability to multitask behind the wheel. This game measures how your reaction time is affected by external distractions. Regardless of your results, experts say, you should not attempt to text when driving.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/07/19/technology/20090719-driving-game.html
Gauging Your Distraction New studies show that drivers overestimate their ability to multitask behind the wheel. This game measures how your reaction time is affected by external distractions. Regardless of your results, experts say, you should not attempt to text when driving.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/07/19/technology/20090719-driving-game.html
Don't let this happen to you. Stay Alert - Be Attentive - Be Aware!
The National Road Safety Foundation (NRSF) and National Student Safety Program (NSSP) are looking for the best ideas for radio public service announcements, conceived by young people and aimed at young people, to alert them to the dangers of distracted driving. From the month of February through May 31st, 2016, we are accepting applications for the JST DRV PSA Contest.
Phase l: Contestants record and submit a 15 - 30 second public service announcement (PSA) that addresses distracted driving.
Phase ll: NRSF will review all entries and then select a small group of finalists.
Important Note: All participants under the age of 18 must have written consent from a legal guardian to participate.
Phase lll: NRSF will select one overall contest winner and three runners-up.
The winning entry will be professionally edited and/or polished, as necessary, to make it acceptable for broadcast use. The winning PSA may be broadcast on radio stations nationwide, and will also get wide circulation via YouTube and other online platforms.
Phase l: Contestants record and submit a 15 - 30 second public service announcement (PSA) that addresses distracted driving.
Phase ll: NRSF will review all entries and then select a small group of finalists.
Important Note: All participants under the age of 18 must have written consent from a legal guardian to participate.
Phase lll: NRSF will select one overall contest winner and three runners-up.
The winning entry will be professionally edited and/or polished, as necessary, to make it acceptable for broadcast use. The winning PSA may be broadcast on radio stations nationwide, and will also get wide circulation via YouTube and other online platforms.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 01-13-2014
For more information Contact: Troy Townsend, NYSDTSEA NSSP Chairperson, by way of [email protected].
New York’s National Student Safety Program (NY-NSSP), is a student program supported by the NYSDTSEA New York State Driver and Traffic Safety Education Association.
NYSDTSEA Statewide Driver Safety Poster Contest -
This is the fourth year that NY- NSSP is holding this contest. We are doing this in conjunction with the Global Youth Traffic Safety Month in the hopes of bringing the message home that we are serious about distracted driving and we want this message to surround as many people as possible. The winners at the school level will move on to compete at the state level. The winning 2014 artwork will then be featured on our state association’s website, www.NYSDTSEA.org and also be displayed at the NSSP Conference in Wichita KS.
The contest is being coordinated locally by the school’s driver education teachers. ( Local contest rules apply)
and only NYSDTSEA members may submit entries of their student's work at the state level. One entry per school.
All State entries will be accepted up to the time and date of the State Conference in The Inn at Turning Stone Verona, NY 03/08/14.
The final entries will be judged by a team of art students from Alfred University, Alfred NY.
NYS-NSSP’s goal is to sponsor this contest to increase peer awareness about the importance of staying alert behind the wheel.
“Vehicle crashes are the number one killer of people between the ages of 3 and 34,” says Troy Townsend, NY-NSSP Chairperson and a member of the Alfred University team of judges . “The most important decision you can make about your personal safety is to stay focused when driving,” Townsend said.
NY National Student Safety Program (NSSP) is a part of the New York State Driver and Traffic Safety Education Association. It is supported by donations from various car dealers, insurance companies and interested businesses in New York State.
For more information about driver education programs in New York State visit our site: nysdtsea.org
or call: 607 723-4216.
For more information Contact: Troy Townsend, NYSDTSEA NSSP Chairperson, by way of [email protected].
New York’s National Student Safety Program (NY-NSSP), is a student program supported by the NYSDTSEA New York State Driver and Traffic Safety Education Association.
NYSDTSEA Statewide Driver Safety Poster Contest -
This is the fourth year that NY- NSSP is holding this contest. We are doing this in conjunction with the Global Youth Traffic Safety Month in the hopes of bringing the message home that we are serious about distracted driving and we want this message to surround as many people as possible. The winners at the school level will move on to compete at the state level. The winning 2014 artwork will then be featured on our state association’s website, www.NYSDTSEA.org and also be displayed at the NSSP Conference in Wichita KS.
The contest is being coordinated locally by the school’s driver education teachers. ( Local contest rules apply)
and only NYSDTSEA members may submit entries of their student's work at the state level. One entry per school.
All State entries will be accepted up to the time and date of the State Conference in The Inn at Turning Stone Verona, NY 03/08/14.
The final entries will be judged by a team of art students from Alfred University, Alfred NY.
NYS-NSSP’s goal is to sponsor this contest to increase peer awareness about the importance of staying alert behind the wheel.
“Vehicle crashes are the number one killer of people between the ages of 3 and 34,” says Troy Townsend, NY-NSSP Chairperson and a member of the Alfred University team of judges . “The most important decision you can make about your personal safety is to stay focused when driving,” Townsend said.
NY National Student Safety Program (NSSP) is a part of the New York State Driver and Traffic Safety Education Association. It is supported by donations from various car dealers, insurance companies and interested businesses in New York State.
For more information about driver education programs in New York State visit our site: nysdtsea.org
or call: 607 723-4216.