UPS Delivers Safe Driving Expertise to Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta

Nov. 8, 2010 - PRLog -- MEDIA ADVISORY - Event on November 15, 2010

Contacts:
Julie Herron Carson, (404) 285-3434, jhcarson@bellsouth.net
Mitch Leff, (404) 861-4769, mitch@leffassociates.com

UPS Delivers Safe Driving Expertise to Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta

Local UPS Volunteers Join Local Teens to Promote Safe Driving Program

WHAT:   Teen driving accidents are the leading cause of adolescent deaths in America (1 in 3 teen deaths), and young people in Georgia often don’t have the driving skills they need to stay safe behind the wheel.  To combat that, UPS and Boys & Girls Clubs of America have joined forces to teach teens to drive safer.

On Nov. 15, Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta and UPS are offering local Club members a comprehensive teen safe driving course – the UPS Road Code -- that incorporates UPS’s world-class safe-driving methods. The four-hour session includes the latest interactive tools developed to train UPS’ newest drivers.

The UPS Foundation has given $2 million to this cause nationally and is supplying driving experts to serve as volunteer instructors.  The Warren/Holyfield branch of Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta is one of 22 Boys & Girls Clubs across the country participating in the UPS Road Code program.

WHEN: Monday, Nov. 15, 2010, 5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m. (Other media avails as requested.)

WHERE: Warren/Holyfield Boys & Girls Club, 790 Berne Street, Atlanta, GA 30316 (off Boulevard near Grant Park)
   
WHO: 15 – 20 Boys & Girls Club teens, UPS Volunteers
      
VISUALS:
Local teens learning to drive on a safe-driving simulator
Local Club staff and UPS volunteers providing safety instruction

UPS ROAD CODE:   

Part One – Introduces a “code” of safety principals that UPS drivers use each day.

Part Two – Covers the consequences of risky driving behaviors – such as talking, texting or using cell phones while driving.

Part Three – Focuses on the 10 safe driving tips and tools used by UPS drivers. Features hazard-identification test used by UPS to train new drivers.

Part Four – Teens practice what they’ve learned behind the wheel of a computerized driving simulator. Three computer screens serve as a “windshield,” and teens use a steering wheel and gas and brake pedals to navigate a virtual roadway. Simulators tabulate scores based on safe driving.