About

Oklahoma Challenge was created in 1984 to address the dangers of teen drunk driving and encourage young drivers to wear their seat belts. Following great success in these areas, Oklahoma Challenge turned its attention to a rising concern—the dire problem of distracted driving, especially among people 15-24 years old. Working in partnership with Oklahoma student groups, Oklahoma Challenge now educates novice drivers about the dangers of engaging in distracting activities—such as texting, talking on the phone, and interacting with passengers—while driving.

Oklahoma Challenge is unique from other initiatives. Not only do we successfully train virtually and/or in person thousands of Oklahoma middle, high, technical school, and university/college students on traffic safety and gain their personal commitment to driving safely; we also provide support, motivation, and incentives to empower the students to share this message with their peers, their families, their schools, and their entire community. The outcome of this personal commitment and then expanded sharing of this message is that thousands of additional Oklahomans hear this message in a personal, meaningful way from people they know and care about, leading not only to newly acquired traffic-safety information but to true safe driving behavior change.