NASRO ANNOUNCES FIRST WINNER OF "INNOVATION IN THE CLASSROOM"
Fargo, ND Police Officer to share $2,000 Prize with school where he teaches; Honored by peers and The National Road Safety Foundation. Click here to read the full article
PROM TIME CAN BE A DANGEROUS TIME ON THE ROAD
Prom night is an annual rite of spring for teens nationwide. Traffic safety experts warn graduates and parents that this time of celebration can quickly turn into tragedy. An estimated 15,000 young people are killed every year in traffic crashes, with a noticeable spike during prom season. HealthNews Digest article click here to view
DISTRACTED DRIVING UPDATE
Iowa recently became the 21st state to ban texting for all drivers: It's a primary offense for teens to talk on a cell phone or text while driving. For adult drivers, using a hand-held cell phone or texting is a secondary offense which allows law enforcement officials to ticket drivers if they are pulled over for another offense. Click here to read the full article.
"GOOD MORNING! ARIZONA" FEATURES CAVE CREEK TEEN, BETHANY BROWN, WINNER OF THE "DRIVE TO LIFE" PSA COMPETITION. Click to view...
MORE THAN A THIRD OF DRIVERS ADMIT TO FALLING ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL. AS CLOCKS SPRING AHEAD THIS WEEKEND, NRSF OFFER TIPS TO STAY AWAKE ON THE ROAD. Read more...
NRSF's FILM, "THE OTHER BREAKFAST CLUB" FEATURED IN MARCH ISSUE OF GRAND RAPIDS, MI MAGAZINE; "BE HEALTHY." Read Article...
THE NATIONAL ROAD SAFETY FOUNDATION FEATURED ON THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION's SITE, www.fastlane.dot.gov THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE U.S. SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION. Click to view...
NRSF URGES DRIVERS TO BE ALERT TO SIGNS OF DROWSINESS WHILE DRIVING AS CLOCKS GO BACK AN HOUR THIS SUNDAY NOVEMBER 1st AT 2:00am. Read More...
THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS AND THE NATIONAL ROAD SAFETY FOUNDATION TEAM UP TO RECOGNIZE INNOVATION IN DRIVER ED CLASSROOMS. Read More ...
FOUNDER OF THE NRSF SPEAKS TO STUDENTS AT HIS ALMA MATER, WHITE PLAINS HIGH SCHOOL, ABOUT SAFE DRIVING. Read More...
THE NRSF AND NOYS DRIVE TO LIFE PSA COMPETITION IS AIRING ON HotNewsTV SCREENS IN CAMPUS CENTERS OF MORE THAN 200 COLLEGES NATIONALLY, AND IT WILL AIR THE WEEKEND OF OCTOBER 17-18 ON TEEN KIDS NEWS, SHOWN ON MORE THAN 200 TV STATIONS THROUGHOUT THE U.S. GO INTO LINK BELOW, CLICK RIGHT SIDE PANEL TITLED "DRIVE TO LIFE." Click to view...
NRSF AND NOYS ARE HOSTING A SEARCH FOR TEENS TO HELP SPREAD SAFE DRIVING MESSAGE
The National Road Safety Foundation is teaming up with National Organizations for Youth Safety (NOYS), to invite young people to help get out important safe driving messages in their own thoughts and words in a Drive to Life PSA Competition. Read More... Enter Competition Also, Read about it in Seventeen Magazine
NRSF ASSISTS THE 'TODAY SHOW" ON DROWSY DRIVING
The National Road Safety Foundation (NRSF), assisted 'The Today Show' with background information for a drowsy driving segement the top-rated network morning show is planning to air in September. Read More... View Segment
NRSF PARTICIPATES IN NATIONAL YOUTH SAFETY MONTH
The National Road Safety Foundation, Inc. (NRSF) participated in the National Youth Traffic Safety Month, along with NOYS (National Organizations for Youth Safety) and members of NOYS in Washington, DC. Read More...
MOVE TO DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME INCREASES RISK OF DROWSY DRIVING
More than a third of drivers admit to falling asleep at wheel; National Road Safety Foundation offers tips to stay awake on the road. It's an annual rite of spring, although it happens nearly two weeks before spring officially begins. As clocks spring ahead for the start of daylight savings time March 8, roads Read more..
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TEEN DRIVER SAFETY WEEK PUTS FOCUS ON YOUNG DRIVERS
NEW YORK, Oct. 16, 2008 -- Teens are the most likely drivers to be involved in a crash, and statistics show the chances increase by 20 percent in late October as daylight hours get shorter, says The National Road Safety Foundation, Inc., a non-profit group that promotes safer roads through driver education and training. Read more..
Local crash survivors' road to recovery featured in documentary 'The Other Breakfast Club'
Posted by John Serba | The Grand Rapids Press March 11, 2008 05:00AM
House assisted living center, was a catalyst for the making of the documentary featuring local brain-injury patients.
GRAND RAPIDS -- For some, a tracheotomy scar is a badge of courage.
Six Grand Rapidians who bear the nickel-sized mark on their necks, the result of a surgical procedure to attach a respirator to coma patients, call themselves "The Other Breakfast Club." Read more...
New Documentary Chronicles Recovery
From Brain Injury Caused By Car Crashes
Traffic crashes biggest cause of traumatic brain injury for people under 60GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., March 11, 2008 -- As National Brain Injury Awareness Month is being commemorated this month, a new documentary film that chronicles the often painfully slow process of recovery from traumatic brain injury caused by car crashes will have its world premiere showing here on March 11, before an invitation-only crowd. "The Other Breakfast Club" follows the stories of six people under 30 who suffered traumatic brain injury from car crashes, which resulted in coma and intensive rehabilitation. At various stages of recovering their past lives, the group, which calls itself The Other Breakfast Club, meets monthly for moral support. Read more...
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Drowsy Driving Kills!
November, 2007 - National Road Safety Foundation, Inc.
This weekend, November 3rd, we fall back and lose an hour of daylight: that means more time driving in the dark -- a good time to guard against drowsy driving. Most of us have driven while tired. A 2006 study showed, in fact, that an alarming 37% of drivers admit to actually falling asleep at the wheel. Let your eyes shut for just 3 or 4 seconds and, at highway speeds, you've traveled the length of a football field, enough time to veer out of your lane into oncoming traffic or off the road and into a tree...
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Drowsy-Driving Session Targets Teens
Friday, May 12, 2006 - Bangor Daily News
BANGOR - Teenagers, because they need more sleep than many of them are getting, are being targeted by a national safety group to reduce high risk for sleep induced vehicle crashes. Read more...
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National Group Works For Safer Roads
Friday, May 12, 2006 - Union Leader
NASHUA – In the last three years, American military casualties have totaled more than 2,400 men and women. By comparison, more than 125,000 Americans of all ages have been killed on the country's roads during that time, according to the head of a national road safety organization. Read more...
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Drowsy Driving Intiatives To Be Launched By The National Road Safety Foundation In Delaware.
National Road Safety Foundation to Speak to the Delaware Safety Council. New York, NY; December 2005 – With the holiday season upon us, and more drivers taking to the roads, The National Road Safety Foundation is partnering with the Delaware Safety Council to educate the public to the dangers of driving when sleep deprived. Read More...
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Fraydun Manocherian Honored By National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) With Public Service Award.
NHTSA Administrator Dr. Jeffrey Runge, honors New Yorker’s 40 Year Commitment to Road Safety and Education.
New York, NY; August 2005 – Fraydun Manocherian, founder of The National Road Safety Foundation, was honored by Dr. Jeffrey Runge, Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, with a Public Service Award for over forty years of dedication to educate the public about the importance of road safety. Read more...
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