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Wiregrass Ranch High School on the teen driver safety frontlines with the IKnowEverything program

Wesley Chapel, FL -- Today, Wiregrass Ranch High School hosted the Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility’s IKnowEverything teen driver safety program game show for a school assembly with the help of the local Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) chapter. IKnowEverything is an integrated teen driver safety program that highlights the issues of drunk driving and distracted driving, and reiterates that parents have the most influence on their teen’s driving behaviors. The program also reinforces that teens already “know everything” about how to be a safe driver and covers critical topics including drinking alcohol underage and driving, distracted driving, late night driving, speeding, number of passengers, and license restrictions.

The assembly, which included 100 students from the 9th – 12th grades, consisted of a game show style event in which the attendees used handheld devices to answer questions about safe driving practices. The student participants’ answers are collected anonymously and will be part of a nationwide survey of teen drivers from high schools across the United States. The results will help the Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility bring awareness to the gaps in new teen driver’s knowledge and how we can best address that as a community.

“As a principal, I am always looking for ways to keep the students of Wiregrass Ranch High School safe,” said Robyn White, Principal, Wiregrass Ranch High School. “When the Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility asked to host an IKnowEverything event on our campus I was excited and I hope that it helps them remember to pay attention one hundred percent of the time.”

“Teen driver safety is a really important issue and we are excited to carry out this nationwide survey of teen drivers,” said Ralph Blackman, President and CEO of the Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility. “The responses we received at Wiregrass Ranch High School and the rest of the schools nationwide will help us to better understand the gaps in preparedness of new teen drivers in the United States and we can work to address those gaps through education in the future.”

About the Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility

Formerly known as The Century Council, the Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility (Responsibility.org) is a national not-for-profit that leads the fight to eliminate drunk driving and underage drinking and is funded by the following distillers: Bacardi U.S.A., Inc.; Beam, Inc.; Brown-Forman; Constellation Brands, Inc.; DIAGEO; Hood River Distillers, Inc.; and Pernod Ricard USA. For more than 23 years, Responsibility.org has transformed countless lives through programs that bring individuals, families and communities together to guide a lifetime of conversations around alcohol responsibility. To learn more, please visit us at www.responsibility.org.