As you may remember, this year, SDITE is focusing on being more of a servant, more of a provider and more of an attractor. And, we are establishing performance measures to better measure our efforts inside and outside the organization.

For outside the organization, we established a Special Committee to look at Community Involvement - a High School Service Project. This committee, led by Scott Walker and David Low, is focusing on Teen Distracted Driving, and how SDITE can help teens become safer drivers. This might involve partnering with organizations (enforcement, insurance, other professional groups) that are already doing work in high schools. And, some of our Sections have already been involved with high schools in this area. We would hope all of our Sections would get involved with selected high schools in their state in the future.

We very much appreciate the time and effort the Special Committee has invested in this project to this point. The focus of the committee thus far has been on gathering teen crash statistics and determining which SDITE Sections are already engaged in this and what they have been doing. The Special Committee plans to complete its work and make recommendations at the Year-End Board Meeting in November. Stay tuned for more.  If you are interested in helping out in the short term, contact me. 

As a transportation professional, we invite you to get involved to help spread the word about the dangers of distracted driving.  If interested in getting involved in your state, please contact David Low or Scott Walker.

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