Ready for the Road? Youth Driver Safety Course Ready for the
Road? is a course specifically created to meet the needs of
younger drivers (ages 16-21). The purpose of the course is to
help participants recognize that their inexperience and casual
attitudes toward driving can cause violations, collisions,
injury and death, and also encourages participants to adopt
safer approaches to driving. Based on the results of research on
young traffic offenders undertaken at the Northwestern
University Center for Public Safety, the course strongly
emphasizes discussion rather than lecture. Students have the
opportunity to discuss their attitudes and feelings related to
such topics as peer pressure, intentional risk taking, hazard
recognition and accepting responsibility for the choices they
make while driving. Facilitators for the course are selected not
only for their knowledge of driver safety techniques, but also
for their proven ability to work effectively with young people
and create an atmosphere conducive to open