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Home My WebLink About2006 07 24 Awards and Presentations 100 Driver Education Safety COMMISSION AGENDA Awards & Presentations X ITEM 100 July 24. 2006 Regular Meeting REQUEST: Office Of The Mayor Presenting The City Commission With Information On Seminole County Driver Education Safety By Robin Butler, Principal Coordinator, Seminole County Traffic Engineering Department. Traffic Safety and Education Forum PAGE 1 Driver Education Committee Findings Driver Education Committee PAGE 2 Committee Chair - Dede Schaffner, Seminole County School Board Mayor John Bush, City of Winter Springs Chief Deputy Steve Harriett, Seminole County Sheriff's Office Larry Wilson, Florida Safety Council Eric Hill, Metroplan Orlando Glen Victor, Florida Safety Council Commissioner Bob Dallari, Seminole County Raymond Gaines, Seminole County Public Schools Mary Lane, Seminole County Public Schools Lt. Pete Kelting, Seminole County Sheriff's Office Robin Butler, Seminole County Traffic Engineering 2004 Seminole County Fatalities PAGE 3 57 fatal crashes 64 fatalities 29 drivers (45%) 12 occupants (19%) 11 motorcyclists (17%) 3 bicyclists (5%) 9 pedestrians (14%) 2004 PAGE 4 Seminole County Fatalities by Age Age Total Count Resident Count Res% of Fatalities % of Res Population Ratio Primary Contributing Causes in 2004 PAGE 5 Seminole County Fatal Crashes None or Unknown 5% Careless Driving 36% Failure to Yield ROW 19% Disregard TCD 6% Speed 6% Other 14% All Other Codes 14% 2005 Seminole County Fatalities PAGE 6 2005 Seminole County Fatalities by Age PAGE 7 Primary Contributing Causes in 2005 PAGE 8 Seminole County Fatal Crashes SEMINOLE COUNTY TEENAGE DRIVER INVOLVEMENT PAGE 9 7% OF POPULATION 20% OF DRIVERS INVOLVED IN CRASHES SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS PAGE 10 FATALLY INJURED PERSONS WERE MORE LIKELY THAN THE GENERAL POPULATION TO GENERAL FINDINGS PAGE 11 15 -24 AGE GROUP IS GREADY OVER REPRESENTED IN THE FARALITY DATA ROOT CAUSES - 1 PAGE 12 ROOT CAUSES -2 PAGE 13 DO WE NEED DRIVER EDUCATION? PAGE 14 MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES ARE THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR 15 TO 20 YEAR-OLDS. PAGE 15 IN 2004, 13.6 PERCENT OF ALL DRIVERS INVOLVED IN FATAL CRASHES WERE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 15 AND 20. PAGE 16 CURRENT SCPS DRIVER EDUCATION PROGRAM PAGE 17 PROPOSAL PAGE 18 SEMINOLE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS DRIVER EDUCATION PROGRAM - AFTER SCHOOL CLASSROOM, RANGE AND ROAD DRIVING EXPERIENCE COST PER SCHOOL PAGE 19 PILOT PROGRAM AT 2 SCHOOLS PAGE 20 CURRENT PARTNERS PAGE 21 DRIVER EDUCATION SURVEY PAGE 22 TARGET GROUP: PARENTS OF 15 YEAR OLD STUDENTS ENROLLED AT WSHS '05-06 SCHOOL YEAR NUMBER OF SURVEYS SENT: 575 NUMBER OF SURVEYS COMPLTED: 196 (35%) NUMBER OF SURVEYS RETURNED UNDELIVERABLE: 13 IT TAKES A VILLAGE PAGE 23 PARENT COMMENTS TO DRIVER EDUCATIONS SURVEY Comments: · Parents should take the responsibility in teaching their children to drive. It is not the responsibility of the schools . Our 15 year old has been taught by us and practicing for 6 months - still could use other instructor input... as a matter of public safety, a consistent approach to driver education would be very useful . This is excellent - make it work . This is a wonderful idea. This day and age, kids get their license at a young age. More classroom training and learning about safe driving is more important than just road time. . I strongly believe in driver education. Kids should not just spend 10 minutes behind the wheel in a school parking lot during the summer program. They should spend time on the road with a certified driver ed teacher. Raise driving age to 18 . I am willing to pay a fee. . When I was in high school, I took driver ed course during the school year and it was very beneficial to me. I hope the school board will once again offer the course for my son. . Honestly, I cannot understand why driver education cannot be mandatory for drivers younger than 18 . I believe driver education should be a top priority for Seminole County especially since we have severe traffic in Central Florida · Course needs to be more in-depth and include more hands on driving than in current summer school. . Very important for teens in Fla. . Too many are getting killed . Few things are more important than the safety of our children . Change the driver license age to 18 and change the foolish convenience of kids taking a written test on the internet. · Great idea - I would love to see driver education expanded. 3 children in our house 22, 29 and 15 - none had driver ed and combined they have had about 12 accidents. . I would support no cost but, I would be willing to pay. . Current statistics show that there is a need, not to mention insurance premiums . This should be mandatory! . I do not believe this should come out of academic funding. . If they fail, they should not get their license for an extra year! . Thank you for the opportunity to answer these questions. City funding would help. .~II: . Kids need real world, real traffic experience. At WSHS, kids never leave the parking lot. · Because it is only available in the summer, I had to teach my children to drive. It is very stressful and I am concerned about her learning the proper rules of the road. · My son took an outside driving course. I think all children need this training. . I support any programs to protect our children and citizens. · Perhaps free/reduced lunch students could receive education free and other could pay a fee when funding from other sources (city /county) do not cover expenses. Fees are charged for after school activities, this seems no different. . The State should make some classroom and driving hours mandatory with an official instructor before issuing a license to a 16 year old. Not the responsibility of the school. · Why can't driver ed be during school course offered through PE? . Working parents really could use the help. · Absolutely, the more driver education offered by someone other than the parent (who they won't listen to!) the better!! · Each and every person in our community is affected by a new teenage driver. Some parents will or do not choose to TEACH their own teenager to drive. Many adults have developed poor driving habits: eating, drinking, smoking and talking excessively on their cell phones. New teenage drivers think these examples are good to follow. . . This should be an extraordinary class headed by instructors with unblemished driving records. . .it should be someone with a passion to turn a teen into a responsible driver.. . you must be willing to go the extra distance to do it right. Make this an exemplary program other communities choose to emulate. . Driver education is critical important. However, what I have seen in summer school, I do not believe is effective. Groups/classes are too large- students spend the majority oftheir time waiting for their turn. Perhaps have a lab fee to cover the cost. . Our son lost out on this summer's lottery for driver ed. .. we are very upset. . The sooner the better. . . . It would alleviate some of the parents' worries and fears knowing that driver education is offered and is extensive. . I went to HS and everyone took driver ed as a class and got credit, what happened? With both parents working, who has time to teach their kids to drive well? That's why there are so many teen accidents. . Could this be incorporated into one 9 weeks of Life management? Needs to be mandatory for all students. Having taught 2 to drive I feel like I have forgotten to teach them something important - things we take for granted like always being on the offense. At present, many students teach themselves to drive because of lack of parent involvement. · We feel it is easily within the scope of the parents' responsibility to teach safe and defensive driving to their teens. · This would limit many students due to mandatory sport practices. I feel strongly about this being offered during school hours. · It is a travesty that Seminole County does not offer driver ed. We need desperately to get the program in ASAP. · With no formal driver education required, you are relying solely on the driving/teaching skills of the parents. Yikes! Florida has the most lax drivers requirements of any place I have been.. . Evening class should also be considered. If you are able to add more opportunities for the students, I hope many students will take advantage of them. It is sometimes hard to get them to make use of something if it is not required. Date: July 24, 2006 The attached document was provided to the City Commission by Ms. Robin Butler during Awards and Presentations "100" at the July 24, 2006 City Commission Regular Meeting. Cost per School Instructors (1 in classroom, 1 range, 2 on road) $72,000 Repairs, fuel, maintenance $42,000 Tires $1,200 Total Annual Cost $115,200 Other Expenses (First Year and then replaced every 5 years) textbooks (60 total) - Metroplan funded $3,000 vehicles - cost new off of State Contract 6 @ $10,821.00 each $64,926 Dual Brakes- 3 cars per site ($450 per car) $1,350 Simulators - purchased 2 per school METROPLAN funded $40,000 Total Cost $109,276