RIDE WITH ME – A Teen-to-Parent Initiative
Ride With Me is a teen-to-parent initiative. And, this year, we are taking Ride With Me completely virtual with an Escape Room! Teens will market the Escape Room to parents through their school website, social media channels, and at other events such as PTA and Booster Club meetings and encourage them to play by finding clues hidden around the virtual room and answering the questions correctly to escape the room. Upon sign-up, you will receive a link to the virtual escape room that you can share. All the information deals with risks teen drivers face on the road and is important information for parents to know.
For more information on the activity and to sign up to participate, visit: https://www.t-driver.com/ride-with-me/ Questions? Contact Christy Thomas at c-thomas@tti.tamu.edu. You will automatically get credit for the activity when 20 parents parents participate by successfully completing the Escape Room (they must get all the way through).
When promoting the activity on your school social media challenges, make sure you tag us: @teensdriverseat and use the hashtag: #RideWithMe. We love to follow our schools and see the great things they are doing! We are on FB, Instagram, and Twitter.
BONUS: Win a $100 gift card for your team when 30 parents complete the activity. (This bonus is available to the first 24 schools who meet this goal)
TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS ACTIVITY, YOU MUST SIGN UP TO BE A TEENS IN THE DRIVER SEAT SCHOOL @ www.t-driver.com. *THIS IS A FREE PROGRAM.*
Program schools will receive access to the Ride With Me as well as many other activities (both in-person and virtual). The first 30 Oklahoma campuses to sign up will receive a toolkit that includes t-shirts, banners, posters, yard signs, and other safe driving materials for your team to use on your campus.
Is This Activity Online, In-person, or both: Virtual
Category: Free
Point Value: 500
Submission Instructions: To get your points
Complete the activity as described above.
Take photos/video of students participating in the activity.
Click "Submit Points."
Fill out the online submission COMPLETELY
Enter the name and email of the submitter
Upload your photos/video and a brief description of the activity (including the date of completion and any people pictured in the photo).
Schools must take new photos with and submit these pictures to earn points again for the current year.
We will be updating the Leaderboard weekly. Please have patience if your points do not show immediately.
Share photos and videos to school social media sites and tag Oklahoma Challenge and sponsoring safety organization.
Facebook #okchallenge or @OKChallengeDistractedDriving AND @TeensDriverSeat
Twitter @OK_Challenge or #okchallenge AND @TeensDriverSeat
Instagram @oklahomachallenge or #okchallenge AND @TeensDriverSeat
About/Contact Information:
Contact Name: Christy Thomas
Email: c-thomas@tti.tamu.edu
Phone: (817) 462-0512
Organization: Teens in the Driver Seat
About Your Organization: Teens in the Driver Seat® is a peer-to-peer safety program for America’s youth. Started in 2002, Teens in the Driver Seat® is the first peer-to-peer program for teens that focuses solely on traffic safety and addresses all major risks for this age group. The program is available to high schools nationwide.
Teens in the Driver Seat® is an initiative under the Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s Youth Transportation Safety (YTS) Program. YTS seeks to save lives and reduce injuries among America’s youth by developing and delivering the nation’s most comprehensive suite of transportation safety programs and projects.
Organization Website: https://www.t-driver.com