GHSO Launches Click It AND Ticket Teen Safety Belt Campaign at Smyrna High School

NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Governor’s Highway Safety Office is partnering with State Farm Insurance, Community Anti-Drug Coalitions Across Tennessee and Smyrna High School to launch an important new safety campaign, Click It AND Ticket, to educate teens of the importance of wearing seat belts. GHSO, State Farm, CADCAT and Smyrna High School volunteers will be monitoring safety belt use among teens and parents throughout the week. Teens observed wearing a safety belt will be given a ticket to turn in at the school to win a prize. Ten students will receive $10 gift cards and one lucky student will receive a grand prize $100 gift card. 

 

Traffic crashes are the leading cause of death for teens and many of those deaths are preventable by simply wearing a safety belt. In 2008, 125 families buried a teenager following a crash on a Tennessee roadway. The time between prom and graduation is a very critical time and the emphasis of wearing a seat belt is essential. 

 

Media who wish to cover this special effort are encouraged to contact the Governor’s Highway Safety Office at 615-741-2589 or BJ Doughty, TDOT Community Relations Officer, at 615-350-4302 or BJ.Doughty@tn.gov.

 

 

WHO:                         Governor’s Highway Safety Office, State Farm Insurance, Community Anti-Drug Coalitions Across Tennessee, and Smyrna High School

 

 

WHAT:                       Conducting seat belt checks and rewarding students for wearing seat belts

 

 

                                   100 Bulldog Drive
                                   Smyrna, Tennessee 37167

 

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