The American Driver and Traffic Safety Education Association was chosen as the recipient of Michelin and Federation Internationale de l’Automobile’s $100,000 Michelin/FIA Teen Road Safety Grant.
ADTSEA, the professional association representing traffic safety educators, was chosen to receive the grant funding for its proposal to develop a tire safety and maintenance training module.
The association will deliver the instruction as part of a one-day workshop for driver education instructors in Miami and Long Beach and at ADTSEA’s national conference in July. The workshop will focus on how to teach tire safety and maintenance and how to incorporate this training module into the ADTSEA 3.0 Driver Education Curriculum. Participants will receive a free copy of the curriculum, including lesson plans, learning activities, visuals and videos – customized with Michelin tire safety materials. As part of the session, hands-on activities will “teach the teachers” how to check tire pressure, tread depth and tire condition. Teachers will be encouraged to take this information back to their own communities and conduct workshops for other teachers.
“We are pleased to award the inaugural Michelin/FIA Teen Road Safety Grant to ADTSEA,” said Pete Selleck, chairman and president of Michelin North America. “Their proposal can easily be scaled to reach driver education teachers across the country and sustained well into the future. Through ADTSEA’s reach and commitment to quality education, we can help close a dangerous safety gap among teen drivers and create a lasting community legacy.”
According to Michelin, the grant program is a new initiative that will “improve the safety of teen drivers by teaching proper tire maintenance.” It was developed in conjunction with the goals of Michelin’s Beyond the Driving Test campaign.
