Get Buckled
Get Buckled Greenville!
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on the new Get Buckled Greenville Community Channel. We will be posting news,events and resources about this challenging problem in our communities.
Report Drunk Drivers
New Billboard from South Carolina Department of Public Safety to assist drivers when drivers under the influence of alcohol and or drugs are seen. Simply call - *47. http://scdps.org/Billboard%20-%20Final.pdf
The Committee for Responsible Driving - Get Buckled Committee
The Committee for Responsible Driving - Get Bucked a subcommittee formed from the Greenville County Safe Communities Coalition in response to concerns with traffic safety issues in Greenville County, with an emphasis on vehicle restraints.
The Committee for Responsible Driving - Get Buckled meets on a monthly basis to discuss activities, initiatives and other methods that will address the traffic related concerns that are presented to GCSC Coalition.
Some of the activities of the CRD Committee have been: Seat Belt Surveys in High Schools, County-Wide Seat Belt Surveys, Development of Get Buckled Logo and Slogan, Participation with Local Community Educational Events, and Get Buckled Day (Seat Belt Safety Awareness).
The CRD Committee is open to all GCSC Coalition members and community individuals who have a desire to work towards increasing traffic safety awareness, decrease traffic related injuries and fatalities, and in assisting to educated the community to be safer vehicle drivers, passengers and pedestrians when using our roadways.
Has your teen earned the keys to the car?
Take this short quiz to see if you and the teen driver in your family understand the risks associated with drugged, drunk, and distracted driving. Take Quiz here.
Other Resources
Check out NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) website - it has been updated with new look. Read about upcoming traffic safety events, newest research and much more. http://www.nhtsa.gov/
New Traffic Technology
Read about the newest discoveries to keep drivers and passengers safer on our highways.
PSA Messages
Safety Messages from the World Health Organization - see what the rest of the world is seeing...
Be sure and turn up your sound to get full effect of the video
Wear your seat belt - to see safety message click here
Wear a Helmet - to see safety message click here
Don't Speed - to see safety message click here
Don't Drink and Drive - to see safety message click here
Be Seen (Pedestrian) - to see safety message click here
Funding - Grants, Awards & Scholarships
FCCLA offers national recognition to chapters that complete FCCLA FACTS projects. This honor includes cash awards and special recognition at the National Leadership Conference, online and in the Teen Times magazine. Chapters apply online for recognition for their hard work and innovative projects with the National FACTS Program Award Application.
- High School Award — $1,000
- Middle School Award — $1,000
- Runner-Up Award — $500
Deadline: Award Applications must be submitted online to FCCLA national headquarters by March 1. The online award system will automatically close March 1, 11:59 p.m. EST.
Start your 2010-2011 FACTS Award Application.
FACTS Preview Application(.pdf)
The Congressional Award is the United States Congress' award for young Americans. It is non-partisan, voluntary, and non-competitive. The program is open to all 14- to 23-year-olds. The Congressional Award has no minimum grade point average requirements. It accommodates young people with special needs or disabilities who are willing to take the challenge. Click here to register.
The fizwoz Campus Challenge is offering ten $500 grants to school organizations that use the FREE fizwoz Assignment Desk to invite photo and video submissions taken at service projects for possible use by the news media. fizwoz.com is the premier online marketplace for i Phone captured media. Utilizing a state-of-the-art auction engine and cutting-edge mobile applications, fizwoz enables the average citizen to reach all levels of media buyers, from multinational media powerhouses to campus newspapers. Just tell fizwoz how your school organization would use $500 and the FREE fizwoz Assignment Desk to get students and others with i Phones to submit newsworthy pictures and videos of service projects on GYSD or anytime in April 2010. If they like your plan, your organization will get $500 to take your project and could receive $5,000 in December for the Best Use of Fizwoz by a student group. Learn more at www.fizwoz.com/college
The International Award is an exciting self-development program available to all 14 to 25 year olds. Over 6 million young people worldwide have taken up the Award challenge. Young people design their own Award Program, set their own goals, and record their own progress. The only person they compete against is themselves, by challenging their own beliefs about what they can achieve. The Program is based around three Levels, each successive one requiring a greater degree of commitment.
Nestle will highlight exceptional youth in communities across the country with the Drumstick Heroes contest. Fifty children between the ages of 6 and 17 are eligible to win a summer celebration package, complete with enough Nestle Drumstick Sundae Cones for a party of 50 friends. To nominate an outstanding child or teen, submit the completed entry form, along with a short story (150 to 300 words) describing why the individual deserves to be honored as a Drumstick Hero. All entries must be received by September 15, 2010. For details on this opportunity, please visit www.drumstick.com/promotions/heroes.aspx
Grants
$500 Do Something Grants
Did you create a sustainable community action project, program or organization that you want to grow? Do you need money to put your ideas into action? We give out a $500 Do Something Grant every week to help young people just like YOU!
Deadline: None! Apply now! You will be notified 2-3 months after submission.
http://www.dosomething.org/grants/general/apply
More Information and Application
Grants (Deadline: Ongoing)
The Coca-Cola Foundation, and its 18 local and regional foundations work with people in communities and governmental organizations and nongovernmental organizations to create and support projects most relevant to communities. The Coca-Cola Foundation will fund proposals for programs in the areas of the environment, fitness and active lifestyles, community recycling, and education. All requests for funding must be submitted through the online application system. http://www.thecoca-colacompany.com/citizenship/foundation_local.html
Motorola Foundation Grants (Deadline: Ongoing)Motorola seeks to benefit the communities where it operates around the world, including locations in North America, Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia/Pacific, Europe, and the Middle East. The Motorola Foundation focuses its funding on education, especially programs that support math and science teacher-training programs and charitable organizations that excite young people about these subjects. Other areas of interest include increasing access to communication technology for people in the developing world and supporting communities in areas where the company operates. The Foundation funds programs only in communities where Motorola has a significant presence. Organizations based outside the United States must be located in a country with a Motorola presence and be able to prove charitable status. Applications are accepted online throughout the year. www.motorola.com/staticfiles/Business/Corporate/US-EN/corporate-responsibility/society/community-investment-motorola-foundation-apply-for-a-grant.html
KaBOOM! Play Day Grants (Deadline: Ongoing Through October)
Roll up your sleeves and play! Host a KaBOOM! Play Day, presented by Mott's, in your neighborhood and be part of a national celebration to save play in the lives of children. A Play Day is your chance to gather at your community's favorite park or playground for fun games and service projects that celebrate and improve your play space. If you include an improvement project at your Play Day you could win a $10,000 grant to further improve your play space. The KaBOOM! Play Day website helps you plan for your big day. You can watch YouTube videos with planning tips, print the set of game and activity cards, and post in the Scrapbook. Plan your Play Day to take place on any day during the week of September 18-26. Learn more at: http://kaboom.org/playday
WaysToHelp.org Grants (Deadline: Ongoing)
WaysToHelp.org invites teens in the United States to apply for grants to fund their community service ideas across any one of 16 issue areas. You can apply for a grant, by visiting www.waystohelp.org and for any issue area, selecting "See Ways To Help" followed by "Apply for a Grant". Applications are short - just 5,000 words or less - and should summarize: how the project will involve others, who it will help, what effect it's expected to have, when it will start and how the funds will be used. Grant requests are reviewed and responded to on a monthly basis. www.waystohelp.org
Freedom to Create Grants (Deadline: Ongoing)
Freedom to Create offers funding to projects that use the arts to create transformational change in the developing world. A wide range of art forms can be used and harnessed to educate, build, heal and inspire people - from educating communities on a particular issue, to inspiring people to change the status quo, to building capacity. Freedom to Create works across all countries in the developing world, and does not award grants to projects located in the developed world. Freedom to Create reviews applications on a continuous basis throughout the year. It takes between 2-3 months to evaluate a project, so you are strongly advised you to submit your application at least 3 months before the start of your project. The average grant size is about US $40,000. www.freedomtocreate.com/Grants.asp
Scholarships
South Carolina Seat Belt Law
South Carolina Safety Belt Law requires that every driver and every occupant of a motor vehicle,when it is being operated on public streets or highways in this State must wear a fastened safety belt. The driver is charged with the responsibility of requiring every occupant 17 years of age or younger to wear a safety belt or be secured in a child restraint system. However, a driver is not responsible for an occupant 17 years of age or younger who has a driver's license, special restricted license,or beginners permit and who is not wearing a seat restraint. SCDPS Seat Belt Law Flier.
Spanish Version
Ley del Cinturón de Seguridad en Carolina del Sur
Sección 56-5-6520. Cuando un vehículo motorizado Esté transitando en las calles y carreteras públicas de este estado, el conductor y todos Los pasajeros de el vehículo deben usar un cinturón de seguridad bien Justado, el cual debe cumplir con los requerim-ientos federales para su uso. El conductor tiene la Responsabilidad pedirle a cada pasajero de 17 años de edad o menor, que use el cinturón de seguridad y asegurarse de que los niños usen un porta bebés adecuadamente instalado. Sin embargo, el conductor no es responsable por un pasajero de 17 años de edad o menor si este tiene una licencia de conducir o permisote principiante y no lleva puesto el cinturón de seguridad: el pasajero que cometa la infracciónse le sancionará de acuerdo a la sección 56-5-6540
Tips for Parents with Teen Drivers & Passengers
Having a teen that is learning to drive may cause a few extra grey hairs and wrinkles...but with some training and sensible rules mixed together with lots of love and understanding it is possible to guide your new driver and passenger to safe and even pleasurable experiences together in a vehicle.
Here are some tips to help you in this new adventure:
http://www.streetsurvival.org/index.php Teaching you teen how to survive behind the wheel... The Tire Rack Street Survival® school is a safe teen program designed to go beyond today's required driver's education and give teens across the U.S. the driving tools and hands-on experience to become safer, smarter drivers. Trained and qualified in-car driving instructors as well as classroom experience for each student.
DTXTR - Universal Translator for Teen Speach If you have a teenager..more than likely they are texting. Do you know what they are saying? Who they are talking to? Now there is a way to interpet all those letters your teen is using to comunicate. Read about DTXTR - a univeral translator for texting language.
MY KEY - Key to Teen Safety - Ford Motor Co.
Keeping Young Drivers and Passengers Safe
Teensurance - S.C. Insurance Brokers
Tips for Parents with young Passengers
The Staggering Cost of Teen Driving - Accidents involving teen drivers cost more than $34 billion in ’06.
Distractive Driving
Teen Driving - Be Smart. Drive Smart.
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Watch Video that shows the dangers of distractive driving - CAUTION - may not be suitable for children: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGE8LzRaySk
Interactive Map of State with Laws Banning Texting while driving - Insurance Institue for Highway Safety
The Virginia Tech Transportation Institute study on Texting While Driving
Driver Improvement Trainings/Programs
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| AAA Carolinas works to educate our members about traffic safety and how we can make our highways a safer place for all users, whether we are motorists, passengers, pedestrians or bicyclists. If you are looking for a defensive driving class, a driver education course for your new teen driver or help on installing a child seat, look to AAA as an expert. |
| 2009 Legislative Survey |
| Please take a minute to fill out our legislative survey, Click Here. |
| Mature Motorists - Safe Driving Course |
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An AAA-approved driving safety course geared to mature drivers helps fine-tune driving skills, awareness of traffic laws and adjustment to age-related physical changes is now available online. Members can sign up for $15.95 (non-member price is $19.95). Already offered by AAA in a dozen states, the "I Drive Safely" course is a boon to anyone 55-years of age or older who want the convenience of learning safer driving behaviors anytime at home. The course can be taken in multiple sessions. For verbal information, please call 866-741-6668. |
Get Buckled Committee Meeting
Monthly Meeting
Time: 2:00 PM
Committee for Responsible Driving - Get BuckledPlace: Greenville Family PartnershipNext Meeting Date: October 6, 2010
Families Acting for Community Traffic Safety
Families Acting for Community Traffic Safety (FACTS) is a national peer education program through which students strive to save lives educating adults and youth about traffic safety and supporting enforcement of local rules and regulations regarding community traffic safety.
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
Status Report - Read the latest issue of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's Status Report concerning latest issues in traffic safety.
Read August 3, 2010 Issue - "Parents Want Strict Limits on Teen Drivers".
Read August 21, 2010 Issue - "Sidetracked"
TWEEN Traffic Safety
It's never too early to teach kids about being safe while traveling on our highways. Read this informative booklet - "Tween Traffic Safety - Influencing 8- to 12-year-olds
to sit safely buckled in a back seat"
Parental Responsibility ToolKit
New information from the National Highway Traffic Safetey Administration to aid parents in preenting teen related traffic crashes. English and Spanish.
http://www.nhtsa.gov/planners/PRtoolkit09/index.htm
Teen Driver Source
A new website from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Research Center to teach teens and parents about driving safely. The site has something for everyone from teens to legislators. Check it out here: Teen Driver Source.
Although 60% of teens believe inexperience heavily influences safety, only 15% view peers as inexperienced.
Teen Drivers vs Senior Drivers
Who would you rather ride with? A teenage driver or a senior driver?
Statistically speaking, which driver is safer to follow? The older driver with the slower reflexes, poorer vision, and cautious driving style, or the younger driver with faster reactions, better eyesight, and driving with the flow of traffic? Read here to see the results.
Oprah's No Phone Zone Pledge
Join Oprah and make your car a No Phone Zone by making your pledge at: http://www.oprah.com/questionaire/ipledge.html?id=4 Watch Video Here!
2010 Teen Traffic Safety
Although we are all looking forward to flip flops and sunshine it will also be time to turn our attention to the increase of vehicles on our highways, and especially those vehicles with teen drivers and passengers.
The Committee for Responsible Driving - Get Buckled! would like to wish you a happy and safe summer! Please remember to obey traffic laws and be polite to other drivers and pedestrians.
Alcohol and Drugs and Driving
New Information 
Recent Alcohol Study indicated many who drink alcohol are surprised at how impaired they become. Studys indicate that impairment exists even after sleeping for seven to eight hours afterwords...read more here...
What is a Standard Drink - Click Here
Drink Sizes - Click Here
World View on Traffic Safety
The World Health Organization has good information concerning traffic safety in other area. Unfortunately, we all have the same issues: Read about the five (5) key areas of traffic safety for effective intervention: Read here: http://www.who.int/features/2004/road_safety/en/index.html#poplink
Motorcyle Safety
Each year thousands of individuals decide to switch to motorcycles due to high cost of fuel. While riding a motorcycle can be fun and exciting - it can also be dangerous if you aren't equipped with right information. There's more to biking than you think...Check out this site: http://video.about.com/motorcycles/The-Right-Motorcycle-for-You.htm
Wearing the proper gear is very important as a motorcyclis - experts say a properly worn helmet is 65% effective in preventing head injuries in the event of a crash. Check out this video by the Motorcycle Safety Foundation: http://www.ultimatemotorcycling.com/Why_Wear_Motorcycle_Helmets_Video
New for Teen Drivers
Project Ignition
Grant program using service-learning to help address teen driver safety issues. For Students in grades 9-12 Develop a campaign to address the issue of teen driver safety in your communityTop Ten are awarded $5,000 and attend National Service Learning ConferenceBest of the Best wins $10,000For more information click here
Keep the Drive - Teen Traffic Safety Site - Read more here;
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Report on Teen Driving 2008
A 2008 study conducted by former Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) chief scientist Allan Williams found that raising the age at which drivers are licensed would save lives... Read Entire Report
Young drivers have a whole new area of concerns that are addressed through many programs. Check out these new ideas!
Ride Like a Friend -Discover how to keep yourself and your passenger's safe with just a few simple steps.
Have some rules - you are responsible for not only your safety, but your friend's safety while riding in your vehicle - read how..
Teendriving.com - Neat website for teens created by one of you..check it out!
National Teen Driver Safety Week Organizer
Are you ready to get your Driver's Permit? Take this practice quiz and see if you need to study a little more or you are ready to go and get behind the wheel.
Alive at 25-Do you plan to be alive at age 25? Unless you change some of your driving habits your chances may not be as good as you think. See if you are up to the challenge - Read More...
Driver's Edge Program: For young Drivers ages 15-21 with valid learner's permit or Driver's License. Sessions are approximately 4 1/2 hours taught behind wheel and in classroom. Purpose is to combat high number of automobile collisions and fatalities involving young drivers each year. Read More...
New in Traffic Safety
New Report - NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) Lives saved in 2007 by Restraint Use and Minimum Drinking Age Laws- Read Report Here...
New Report shows Lives Saved by Restraint Use & Minimum Drinking Age Laws
In 2007, the use of seat belts in motor vehicles saved an estimated 15,147 lives. Seat belts have saved 76,936 lives during the 5-year period from 2003 through 2007. These annual lives-saved counts, shown in Table 1, have been produced by NHTSA’s National Center for Statistics and Analysis since 1975. The counts are estimates which are calculated using the effectiveness of each device or law that is mentioned....read more
Be Safe Be Seen - Pedestrian Safety Initiative
The SCDPS (South Carolina Department of Public Safety) has a new pedestrian safety initiative entitled: "Be Safe -Be Seen", in response to the increase in pedestrian injuries and fatalities in South Carolina.
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Pedestrian Safety Fact Sheet
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S.C. Pedestrian Laws
Motorcycle Safety - SCDPS newest motorcycle safety study
New Website for Non-Motorcyclists - http://www.forcardrivers.com/index.html
The MSF (Motorcycle Safety Foundation)For Car Drivers website provides safety tips, video instruction, and other resources for car drivers and fleet managers.