• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Submit News
  • Contact Us

Capital Soup

Florida News Straight From the Source

  • Featured
  • Leaders
  • Government
  • Industry
  • Education
  • Opinion
You are here: Home / Industry / Florida Sheriffs Association and State Farm Work to Improve Teen Driving

Florida Sheriffs Association and State Farm Work to Improve Teen Driving

Posted on May 4, 2021

The Florida Sheriffs Association (FSA) is pleased to announce that State Farm has generously granted $50,000 to the Teen Driver Challenge, an educational course that provides teen driver education. This program has been a vital contribution in keeping Florida’s teen drivers, and everyone on the roadway, safe. State Farm has granted a total of $810,000 to the program since 2011.

“We are so thankful for State Farm’s support over the past ten years that has helped keep this program completely free for Florida’s teen drivers,” said FSA President Sheriff Bobby Schultz. “We look forward to maintaining this partnership to keep our roads safe, and our youngest drivers informed.”

At the request of the Florida Sheriffs, the Teen Driver Challenge was created in 2007 to lower the high crash and fatality rate of young drivers. It’s the largest commercial driving school in Florida and is offered to teens at no charge. The cost to run this program is covered by grants from State Farm and contributions from local sheriff’s offices. Instructors are certified law enforcement officers with accreditations from the State of Florida Division of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, under the Florida Sheriffs Association’s State of Florida Commercial Driving School License. The program is currently available in over 40 counties and coming to more soon.

Deputy Michael Snowhill from Indian River County Sheriff’s office described the impact of the program, “Every student becomes a success story when they attend the Teen Driver Challenge. As instructors, we see the amazing transformation in confidence and driving skills in each driver throughout our time together.”

The importance of the Teen Driver Challenge comes from the statistics. According to the Center for Disease Control, teens are involved in three times as many fatality crashes as other drivers with vehicle accidents being the leading cause of fatalities. More than 2,000 students successfully complete the Teen Driver Challenge in Florida each year.

For more information on the Teen Driver Challenge program, visit http://www.teendriverchallenge.com.

Share this article! Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Filed Under: Industry Tagged With: florida sheriff's association, State Farm

Primary Sidebar

    Submit News    

Governor Ron DeSantis Signs Legislation to Support Rural Infrastructure and Economic Development

Governor Ron DeSantis yesterday signed House Bill (HB) 1209 … [Read More...] about Governor Ron DeSantis Signs Legislation to Support Rural Infrastructure and Economic Development

Governor Ron DeSantis Signs Legislation to Create a Digital Bill of Rights for Floridians

Governor Ron DeSantis today signed Senate Bill (SB) 262 … [Read More...] about Governor Ron DeSantis Signs Legislation to Create a Digital Bill of Rights for Floridians

Governor DeSantis Signs Twelve Bills

Governor Ron DeSantis today signed the following bills: … [Read More...] about Governor DeSantis Signs Twelve Bills

Keep in Touch

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Newsletter signup

Stay in the loop! Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to receive a brief recap of the week's most popular stories.

Footer

News

  • Featured
  • Leaders
  • Government
  • Industry
  • Education
  • Opinion

About Us 

  • About
  • Advertise
  • Submit News
  • Contact Us

Keep in Touch

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Copyright © 2021
Terms & Conditions

© Copyright 2023 Capital Soup · All Rights Reserved ·