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Promoting Safe Driving in Teens with Plan My Ride: Practicing Avoiding Distracted Driving

2024-12-17T19:28:19+00:00

December 17, 2024, Durham, NC – iRT is dedicated to preventing distracted and impaired driving and helping drivers, prevention professionals, and community members protect themselves and others on the road. Plan My Ride is iRT’s interactive, multimedia, eLearning program developed with and for young drivers to teach safe driving skills to prevent distracted and impaired driving. Unlike other safe driving educational programs, Plan My Ride uses a science-backed and theory-driven approach to change behavior by teaching concrete, practical strategies to avoid impaired and distracted driving, and providing opportunities for young drivers to practice the skills they have learned in 360-degree virtual scenarios. The program is [...]

Promoting Safe Driving in Teens with Plan My Ride: Practicing Avoiding Distracted Driving2024-12-17T19:28:19+00:00

Promoting Safe Driving in Teens with Plan My Ride: Communicate to Stay Safe

2024-11-25T14:19:20+00:00

November 25, 2024, Durham, NC – iRT is dedicated to preventing distracted and impaired driving and helping drivers, prevention professionals, and community members protect themselves and others on the road. Plan My Ride is iRT’s interactive, multimedia, eLearning program developed with and for young drivers to teach safe driving skills to prevent distracted and impaired driving. Unlike other safe driving educational programs, Plan My Ride uses a science-backed and theory-driven approach to change behavior by teaching concrete, practical strategies to avoid impaired and distracted driving, and providing opportunities for young drivers to practice the skills they have learned in 360-degree virtual scenarios. The program [...]

Promoting Safe Driving in Teens with Plan My Ride: Communicate to Stay Safe2024-11-25T14:19:20+00:00

Plan My Ride Receives Its Third Award for Accessibility and Innovation

2024-10-15T19:52:17+00:00

October 15, 2024, Durham, NC – iRT is excited to announce that the Plan My Ride program has received an Award of Excellence from Brandon Hall Group for its use of interactive features that provide accessibility for young people with disabilities. Plan My Ride is an eLearning course that can be delivered remotely or in conjunction with an in-person, instructor-led class with the ultimate goal of improving new drivers’ attitudes and perceived norms about impaired driving, self-efficacy to avoid distracted or impaired driving, and intentions to drive safely. Young people who participate in the Plan My Ride program complete interactive learning activities, videos, [...]

Plan My Ride Receives Its Third Award for Accessibility and Innovation2024-10-15T19:52:17+00:00

Promoting Safe Driving in Teens with Plan My Ride: Prevent Opioid Use and Driving

2024-10-15T19:21:44+00:00

October 15, 2024, Durham, NC – iRT is dedicated to preventing distracted and impaired driving and helping drivers, prevention professionals, and community members protect themselves and others on the road. Plan My Ride is iRT’s interactive, multimedia, eLearning program developed with and for young drivers to teach safe driving skills to prevent distracted and impaired driving. Unlike other safe driving educational programs, Plan My Ride uses a science-backed and theory-driven approach to change behavior by teaching concrete, practical strategies to avoid impaired and distracted driving, and providing opportunities for young drivers to practice the skills they have learned in 360-degree virtual scenarios. The program [...]

Promoting Safe Driving in Teens with Plan My Ride: Prevent Opioid Use and Driving2024-10-15T19:21:44+00:00

Promoting Safe Driving in Teens with Plan My Ride: Plan to Avoid Driving High

2024-09-27T20:09:42+00:00

September 27, 2024, Durham, NC – iRT is dedicated to preventing distracted and impaired driving and helping drivers, prevention professionals, and community members protect themselves and others on the road. Plan My Ride is iRT’s interactive, multimedia, eLearning program developed with and for young drivers to teach safe driving skills to prevent distracted and impaired driving. Unlike other safe driving educational programs, Plan My Ride uses a science-backed and theory-driven approach to change behavior by teaching concrete, practical strategies to avoid impaired and distracted driving, and providing opportunities for young drivers to practice the skills they have learned in 360-degree virtual scenarios. The program [...]

Promoting Safe Driving in Teens with Plan My Ride: Plan to Avoid Driving High2024-09-27T20:09:42+00:00

Is Evolving Automotive Technology Helping or Hurting Young Drivers?

2024-09-27T19:36:28+00:00

September 27, 2024, Durham, NC – Automotive technology is evolving more quickly today than ever before. In the 2020s alone, major innovations have been made in automotive connectivity, electrification, and self-driving and driver assistance features to increase convenience and comfort for drivers. In addition, many new automotive technologies show promise for improving driver and passenger safety. Driver assistance features such as lane assist, automatic emergency braking, blind spot alerting, and 360-degree external cameras may be able to help drivers prevent vehicle accidents and increase drivers’ awareness of their surroundings. Young drivers are at high risk for unsafe driving behaviors, such as [...]

Is Evolving Automotive Technology Helping or Hurting Young Drivers?2024-09-27T19:36:28+00:00

Promoting Safe Driving in Teens with Plan My Ride: Refuse to Drink and Drive

2024-08-09T17:32:20+00:00

August 09, 2024, Durham, NC – iRT is dedicated to preventing distracted and impaired driving and helping drivers, prevention professionals, and community members protect themselves and others on the road. Plan My Ride is iRT’s interactive, multimedia, eLearning program developed with and for young drivers to teach safe driving skills to prevent distracted and impaired driving. Unlike other safe driving educational programs, Plan My Ride uses a science-backed and theory-driven approach to change behavior by teaching concrete, practical strategies to avoid impaired and distracted driving, and providing opportunities for young drivers to practice the skills they have learned in 360-degree virtual scenarios. The program [...]

Promoting Safe Driving in Teens with Plan My Ride: Refuse to Drink and Drive2024-08-09T17:32:20+00:00

Promoting Safe Driving in Teens with Plan My Ride: Avoiding Distracted Driving

2024-07-10T16:55:06+00:00

July 09, 2024, Durham, NC – iRT is dedicated to preventing distracted and impaired driving and helping drivers, prevention professionals, and community members protect themselves and others on the road. Plan My Ride is iRT’s interactive, multimedia, eLearning program developed with and for young drivers to teach safe driving skills to prevent distracted and impaired driving. Unlike other safe driving educational programs, Plan My Ride uses a science-backed and theory-driven approach to change behavior by teaching concrete, practical strategies to avoid impaired and distracted driving, and providing opportunities for young drivers to practice the skills they have learned in 360-degree [...]

Promoting Safe Driving in Teens with Plan My Ride: Avoiding Distracted Driving2024-07-10T16:55:06+00:00

Promoting Safe Driving in Teens with Plan My Ride: Training Young Drivers on Driving Essentials

2024-04-11T14:28:47+00:00

April 11, 2024, Durham, NC – April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month, which provides an important opportunity to spread awareness of the dangers of distracted driving and strategies to prevent it. Distractions can come in various forms for drivers, including using a mobile device, eating or drinking, talking to passengers, or fidgeting with a navigation device or radio while driving. Distracted driving can significantly increase the chance of vehicle crashes as well as death or injury for drivers and passengers. In fact, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) found that approximately 3,000 people die in crashes involving distracted driving [...]

Promoting Safe Driving in Teens with Plan My Ride: Training Young Drivers on Driving Essentials2024-04-11T14:28:47+00:00

New Version of Plan My Ride Available Now

2024-03-15T16:39:30+00:00

March 13, 2024, Durham, NC – iRT is pleased to announce the release of a new version of the Plan My Ride program. Plan My Ride is an interactive, multimedia, eLearning program developed with and for young drivers to teach safe driving skills to prevent distracted and impaired driving. Unlike other safe driving educational programs, Plan My Ride uses a science-backed and theory-driven approach to change behavior by teaching concrete, practical strategies to avoid impaired and distracted driving, and providing opportunities for young drivers to practice the skills learned in 360-degree virtual scenarios. The updated version of Plan My Ride contains [...]

New Version of Plan My Ride Available Now2024-03-15T16:39:30+00:00
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