Week of October 20, 2025
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NSC Encourages Parents to Talk to Teens About Safe Driving During National Teen Driver Safety Week
Yahoo.comMotor vehicle crashes remain the leading cause of preventable death for teenagers in the U.S., with more than 2,700 losing their lives in 2023. As National Teen Driver Safety Week approaches (Oct. 19-25), the National Safety
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Drive Safe Hampton Roads Kicks Off Teen Seat Belt Challenge for National Teen Driver Safety Week
WYDaily.comDrive Safe Hampton Roads is launching a teen seat belt challenge to mark National Teen Driver Safety Week Oct. 19-25.
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Virginia Launches Statewide “Buckle Up/Slow Down” Campaign to Promote Teen Driver Safety
Royalexaminer.comA new student-led safety push is rolling across Virginia this fall with a simple message: buckle up and slow down. The Drive for Change: Buckle Up and Slow Down project, led by Youth of Virginia Speak Out About Traffic Safety (YOVASO), runs September 15–November 14, 2025, and invites middle and high schools—and youth groups of all kinds—to run peer-to-peer campaigns that make safer choices the norm.
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New Study Links Cannabis Use to Increased Risk of Vehicle Crashes
Aashtojournal.comFindings from a new study unveiled at the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Clinical Congress 2025 in Chicago, October 4–7, indicated that over 40 percent of drivers who died in motor vehicle collisions tested positive for active delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol or THC – the psychoactive chemical ingredient in cannabis or marijuana – in their system, with average blood levels far exceeding those considered to cause impairment.
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