TMCA Invites You to Join the Speakers Bureau Young drivers between the ages of 15 and 20, compromise 6.5% of the licensed population and too often are amongst the high number of Texans injured or killed due to speed, DUI, failure to wear a safety belt, and other poor driving habits.
Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death of 15-20 year olds. NHTSA reported that 23% of the young drivers between the ages of 15 and 20, who were killed in crashes, had a BAC of .08 or higher.
Driving on the Right Side of the Road is a project aimed at social studies teachers at the elementary, middle, and high school levels.
Municipal judges, court clerks, and city officials are valuable resources as persons in the classrooms to partner on this project.
Contact TMCEC to see how you can get involved in a project to educate our young children on the importance of traffic safety. You can make a difference.
Lesson Plans for High SchoolStudents
Fact or Fiction, by Mark Goodner, TMCEC Program Attorney & Deputy Counsel
This lesson is an interactive presentation using hypothesis to teach and test a students knowledge of the law through a game-show format. These lessons are ready for a Municipal Judge or Court Personnel to use in your classroom. These may also be adapted by a teacher to use as well.
Fact or Fiction PowerPoint Lesson
Handouts to use:
Jury Trials and Traffic Safety, by Mark Goodner, TMCEC Program Attorney & Deputy Counsel
This lesson explores the jury trial process and the people's right to a trail by an impartial jury. This lesson also covers Municipal Court jurisdiction and the number of traffic offenses that occur. These lessons are ready for a Municipal Judge or Court Personnel to use in your classroom. These may also be adapted by a teacher to use as well.
Jury Trials and Traffic Safety PowerPoint Lesson
Handouts to use:
Presentation Resources
Texas AgriLife Extension Service- Passenger Safety
Teens And Distracted Driving PowerPoint presentation
Things You Can Do............
Municipal Court Week: Sample Proclamation You Can Update
Suggested Activities for Municipal Court Week
Parent Teen Driving Contract, Judge Kevin Madison, Lakeway
Poster Contest for Teen Driving Contract, Judge Kevin Madison, Lakeway
SIDNE:The Baytown Police
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CZrA5t4qJo&feature=player_embedded#
Not only is impaired driving one of the biggest problems of America, it is one of Baytown's most often committed and deadliest crimes. According to the Baytown Police Department, 80% percent of all traffic deaths in the last 3 years involved alcohol and/or other drugs. The Baytown Police Department believes that one of the key factors in combating this crisis is education. The Baytown Police Department has invested in a valuable educational aide called SIDNE®, which stands for Simulated Impaired DriviNg Experience. There are only 7 of these in the State and the Baytown Police Department is the only law enforcement entity to own 2 of them.
SIDNE® is a battery-powered modified go-kart that simulates the effects of impairment from alcohol and other drugs on a motorist's driving skills. The objective of the SIDNE is to deter driving under the influence through public education. The goal is to decrease impaired driver related crashes, injuries and death. It serves the purpose of providing a safe, yet realistic, experience of the delayed reaction that comes from impaired driving.
The awareness message delivered by SIDNE is clear. Participants experience with a sober brain how it feels when reaction time is slowed and they are unable to make a turn or stop, even when they have time and space. This demonstration helps the SIDNE driver to experience first-hand the potentially deadly consequences of delayed reaction on their driving skills.
"It will make people stop and think before getting behind the wheel of a vehicle drunk," said SIDNE Specialist, Ken Hockless of the Baytown Police Department. "I hope that drivers of all ages - and especially teenagers - will try the simulated drunk driving experience in the SIDNE go-cart and then think twice before getting in the car with someone who has been drinking or drinking and driving themselves."
"We are uniting the community in a common effort to influence choices that stop drunk driving," said Vanessa Ayala of the Southeast Harris Community Coalition. "Impaired driving is an epidemic ... we're trying to tell people how dangerous drinking and driving is. You could kill yourself and others."
She adds, "With SIDNE, a person is able to learn the consequences of driving impaired in a safe environment. If we can save just one life, it's all worth it."Ayala said.
To learn how you can help your community stop impaired driving, contact the Southeast Harris Community Coalition of the Bay Area Council on Drugs and Alcohol at coalitions@bacoda.com or 713-256-8746.
For more information contact TMCEC at 800.252.3718
A project of the Texas Municipal Courts Education Center
in cooperation with the Texas Department of Transportation
