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Teen Driving Safety Leadership Award

Every day, more than 10 young drivers ages 15-20 are killed in motor vehicle crashes, and another 745 are injured. The National Safety Council wants to honor individuals and organizations across the nation that are getting involved to change these staggering statistics through the Teen Driving Safety Leadership Award. For more information, click here.

The 2009 honorees are:

New Jersey Division of Highway Safety

The New Jersey Division of Highway Safety led the state's Teen Driver Study Commission, which issued a report that takes a holistic approach to improving teen driver safety. The report includes 47 recommendations, 14 of which are considered essential for stemming the tide of teen crashes, including a first in the nation requirement that Graduated Driver License (GDL) holders display a decal on their vehicles. The decal, as well as several other changes to the GDL law, were subsequently enacted by the New Jersey Legislature and signed by Governor Jon Corzine earlier this year. These changes give New Jersey one of the best GDL systems in the nation. The award also was given in recognition of the Division's efforts to educate teens and parents.

Johnson & Johnson Global SAFE Fleet Leadership Team, in collaboration with The Driving Center

This corporate program educates parents about the risks of teen driving through a unique and compelling video, "In the Blink of an Eye." The video discusses behaviors that parents can model as children are growing up and the actions parents should take as their children reach driving age. It is an exemplary example of how employers can educate their employees and others about safety issues that affect them outside of work.

Anoka High School (Minnesota) Students Against Destructive Decisions Leadership Team

This group of high school students is recognized for leadership in developing Public Service Announcement campaigns to educate peers about reckless driving and seat belt use, developing a social networking campaign to teach their peers about teen traffic safety, advocating the passage of GDL laws and the Minnesota primary seat belt law, creating a rap song to encourage seat belt use, engaging college athletes to speak at their high school about seat belts, creating a rap song "texting and driving is a crime," and joining with a statewide group of students who rallied at the state capitol in support of the Minnesota primary seat belt law.