Safer L.A. County Roads Soon Thanks To District Supervisors

MALIBU, CA – Roads will be a little safer thanks to grants provided by County Supervisors Janice Hahn and Sheila Kuehl – the In One Instant Teen Safe Driving Program will be brought free-of-charge to District 3 and District 4 schools. The program hopes to curb the teen epidemic of impaired and distracted driving. See what cities fall into District 3 and District 4.

“We’re extremely grateful to Supervisor Hahn and Supervisor Kuehl for their significant investment in stopping the number one killer of U.S. adolescents – Car crashes caused by reckless driving,” remarked Gail Schenbaum Lawton, In One Instant Co-founder and President in a statement . “They are truly saving lives in Los Angeles.”

In One Instant reaches teens on an emotional level and shows them that they have immense power over their own driving decisions and life choices; it also motivates them to promote safe driving behaviors throughout their communities. The program is designed to be peer-driven – teens are encouraged to become In One Instant Student Leaders, receiving oversight from a designated school staff member as well as guidance by the In One Instant team.

“In this way, these young people really take ownership of the problem, find their own solutions to it, and influence their peers to do the same,” Schenbaum Lawton said in a statement.

The program kicks off with the one period long In One Instant Video Assembly, opening with a short film that tells the stories of teen car crash victims, and ending with a montage and the balled “I Was Here” performed by Beyoncé. The program leaders will often book a guest speaker, such as a crash survivor or first responder, and create a campus exhibit of a demolished car embellished with “teen roadside memorials." The program’s written guides offer follow-up activities to promote the safe-driving choices that are essential for saving lives on the roads, the press release said.

The licensing fee is waived from now through June 2018 thanks to the grants of Supervisor Hahn and Supervisor Kuehl for schools and select community organizations in District 4 and District 3. Students, administrators, and parents in those districts can start the quick process of bringing the program to their schools and communities by emailing info@inoneinstant.org.

Main Image via Shutterstock; Secondary photo courtesy of In One Instant Teen Safe Driving Program