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<\/a>\nHelps to kick-off Ford Driving Skills for Life #KeepTheKeys campaign<\/em><\/p>\n
For the fourth year, Traxxas Ford Mustang Funny Car driver Courtney Force is stepping up to the plate as the official spokesperson for Ford Driving Skills for Life. On May 2nd, Force spoke to over 400 teens at Ford Driving Skills for Life\u2019s \u201cStrive for a Safer Drive\u201d event, a teen driving initiative aimed at reducing serious traffic crashes, injuries, and fatalities among Michigan’s most inexperienced drivers – teens.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were very happy to have Courtney with us today to support the Driving Skills for Life program. She has been a very strong advocate of teen safe driving. The schools here today were part of a program called Strive for a Safer Drive in the State of Michigan, so they\u2019ve done in-school programming and this is kind of the icing on the cake; getting to come out and do hands-on training with professional drivers and getting to meet Courtney, so we\u2019re really happy she\u2019s here. She did a great program about wearing seatbelts and we\u2019re just glad she\u2019s here supporting Driving Skills for Life,\u201d said Jim Graham, manager of Ford Driving Skills for Life.<\/p>\n
During the DSFL Ride & Drive event today, students learned key skills and gained experience in the areas that contribute to more than 60 percent of teen crashes, including: hazard recognition, vehicle handling, speed and space management, distracted, and impaired driving, but Force\u2019s major focus was on one area- seat belts.<\/p>\n
On the race track, it\u2019s unthinkable for Force to drive without buckling up. Together with Ford, the 25-year-old is committed to helping teens understand that buckling up every time and exercising safe driving behavior is worth it to keep their car keys – from revocation by either parents or law enforcement, or losing them permanently through serious injury or even death from an auto accident.<\/p>\n
Courtney and the Driving Skills for Life team are also encouraging teens to share their efforts to \u201ckeep the keys\u201d by offering their safe driving tips on Facebook and Twitter, using the hashtag #keepthekeys.<\/p>\n
Posted by: Sarah Adams<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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