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High schoolers statewide will now have a chance to help their peers learn how to be better drivers.
The Strive for a Safer Drive program is expanding to all Michigan high schools. The program is a partnership between the Ford Driving Skills for Life and the Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning (OHSP).
Participating schools will get $1,000 for students to develop and implement a peer-to-peer safe driving campaign.
Kristin Allen of the OHSP says campaigns can focus on distracted driving, seat belts, underage drinking/impaired driving, speeding and winter driving.
Allen says the program has been successful since it began in 2011, noting the number of participating schools has tripled.
Last year, there were 40,865 crashes in Michigan involving drivers between the ages of 15 and 19.
