Car crashes are the leading killer of American teens from ages 15 – 20, with more than 5,000 teens involved in a fatal crash each year and an additional 196,000 injured.
Simple driving errors, avoidable but common among inexperienced teens, cause the majority of fatal accidents.
The Tire Rack Street Survival® is a national driver education program that teaches teens the skills they need to stay alive behind the wheel. Unlike traditional driver’s education programs based on classroom theory and simple maneuvers, the Tire Rack Street Survival® program improves driver competence through hands-on experiences in real-world driving situations.
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Students will receive a short classroom session and then will learn, hands-on, how to manage everyday driving hazards, obstacles and challenges in a controlled environment on an advanced driving course to ultimately ‘arrive alive.’
Students learn emergency braking and skid control, how to control unintended oversteer and understeer, and how to avoid accidents entirely.
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Students are taught in their own cars, not specially prepared program vehicles, so the skills they learn can be directly translated to their daily driving experiences. Tire Rack Street Survival® challenges teenagers to understand how to control a vehicle, rather than just operate one.
The Tire Rack Street Survival® is proudly presented on October 26, from 8:30AM to 4:30PM at Route 66 Raceway, Joliet, IL by the Chicago Region SCCA at no charge. All coaches are highly experienced in car control, and the techniques being shown.
Tire Rack Street Survival® is open to licensed drivers ages 16 – 21. Online registration is available at www.streetsurvival.org.
