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Lead by Example
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Under Your Influence helps parents and caregivers recognize the powerful role they play in shaping young people’s driving and riding behaviors.

Long before teens drive on their own, adult choices, habits, and conversations set expectations that influence how young people approach safety and responsibility on the roadway.
Through evidence-based education grounded in nationally recognized countermeasures that work, Under Your Influence supports parents in modeling safer behaviors, reinforcing seat belt use, reducing distraction, and setting clear expectations around risk. The program equips families with practical strategies to guide conversations, strengthen shared roadway responsibility, and support safer choices as children grow from passengers into drivers. Available in English and Spanish.

Why This Program Works

Under Your Influence gives parents practical ways to model, discuss, and reinforce safer choices. When families make safe behavior part of everyday expectations, those habits are more likely to carry into every ride and future drive.
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Fewer Risky Teen Driving Behaviors
When parents complete this program
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Parents Model Safer Behaviors
Post-program assessment
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Improvement in Parent-Teen Conversations
About driving safety
Stories That Drive Change
Real parents making a difference

Michelle Johnson shares the conversations she wishes she had with her son Connor about speaking up and staying safe as a passenger. Her story reminds parents that their example, expectations, and engagement can shape the choices teens make in every ride.

What They Are Saying

Under Your Influence helped me realize that my own behaviors - checking my phone at red lights, speeding when I'm running late - were teaching my teen that those things are okay. Now I'm more intentional about what I model.

Parent of New Driver

The program gave me practical tools to talk about driving with my son in ways that don't feel preachy. We have real conversations now, and he actually listens.

Mother of 16-Year-Old

I thought I was doing everything right. Under Your Influence showed me how small changes in how I talk about and enforce boundaries can make a big difference. My daughter now follows the rules because she knows they matter.

Father of Teen Driver

This program reinforced that parents set the tone. When I changed my own habits - putting my phone away, buckling up every ride - my kids noticed and started doing the same.

Parent of Three Teens

How It's Delivered

Flexible formats designed to support parent and caregiver engagement

FORMAT

  • Facilitated parent workshop
  • Guided discussion and real-life scenarios
  • Practical strategies and conversation tools
  • Take-home resources to support learning at home

DURATION

  • Typically delivered as a 60–90 minute session
  • Offered during evenings or daytime hours
  • Available in virtual or in-person formats
  • Flexible scheduling to meet community needs

SETTING

  • School parent nights and family engagement events
  • PTA/PTO meetings
  • Community centers and partner organizations
  • Virtual webinars and online sessions

Bring This Program to Your Community

Empower parents to be the most important influence on teen driving safety.
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