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You are here: Home / News / Teens in the Driver Seat® Celebrates 15 Years of Success

Teens in the Driver Seat® Celebrates 15 Years of Success

October 30, 2017

Teens in the Driver Seat (logo)Teens in the Driver Seat®(TDS), the first peer-to-peer program for teens that focuses solely on traffic safety and addresses all major risks for this age group, recently reached a milestone anniversary of 15 years.

View TDS 15 Year Report Card

According to TDS Founder and Director Russell Henk, this year the program will provide more than 350 schools with the opportunity to provide empowering, results-driven community service to help make roads safer across the United States. They hope is to continue to leverage the influence peers have with each other to increase awareness of the primary teen driving risks and encourage safer driving behaviors. Read Russell Henk’s 15th Anniversary Letter.

Congratulations to TDS for 15 years of reaching out to teen drivers to make a positive impact on youth transportation safety!

Filed Under: News Tagged With: safety, teen driving, Teens in the Driver Seat, youth transportation safety

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