Farmers Insurance Announces Safety Program For Teen Drivers.News Editors/Business Editors LOS LOS Length of stay, see there ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 10, 2003 Farmers(R) Insurance and the I Saw You Safety and Scholarship Foundation are pleased to announce a pilot program for teen drivers that could drastically dras·tic adj. 1. Severe or radical in nature; extreme: the drastic measure of amputating the entire leg; drastic social change brought about by the French Revolution. 2. improve teen driving safety and encourage teens to be more responsible drivers. The goal of the program is to help reduce the incidence of youthful driver related motor vehicle crashes. The I Saw You Safety & Scholarship Foundation program invites parents who are Farmers auto customers to participate in this program free of charge by putting a decal on the vehicle their teen usually drives, which asks other drivers to call a toll-free number to report on their teen's driving habits (both positive and negative). If the I Saw You Foundation receives a report on the monitored vehicle, the foundation will notify the parents of the details so that the parents may take whatever action they think is necessary. The I Saw You Safety & Scholarship Foundation, a non-profit public charity, developed this program for teens based on the success that similar programs have had with commercial fleet vehicles. "Teen drivers tend to take more risks and are therefore in more accidents than other categories of drivers. We felt this program would be a great opportunity to try and reduce the number of teens in automobile accidents Ask a Lawyer Question Country: United States of America State: Utah Say you're at a red light in a left hand turning lane and the light turns green so you let up slightly on the break antedating moving forward and the vehicle ," said Steve Norling-Christensen, Field Support Manager for California at Farmers. The program will be available in California beginning July 1 and will continue through Sept. 30, 2003. Farmers is the first major insurer An individual or company who, through a contractual agreement, undertakes to compensate specified losses, liability, or damages incurred by another individual. An insurer is frequently an insurance company and is also known as an underwriter. to test this program. Farmers currently offers premium discounts to parents of teen drivers who participate in Farmers' Y.E.S. (You're Essential to Safety) Program -- a program that is endorsed by Mothers Against Drunk Drivers, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA, often pronounced "nit-suh") is an agency of the Executive Branch of the U.S. Government, part of the Department of Transportation. and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is a U.S. non-profit organization funded by auto insurers. It works to reduce the number of motor vehicle crashes, and the rate of injuries and amount of property damage in the crashes that still occur. . If the I Saw You Safety & Scholarship Foundation pilot program proves successful, it may become a component of Farmers' Y.E.S. Program. "The Foundation believes that combined efforts by parents, teens, and the reporting public will make this program a success -- greatly reducing accidents and injuries -- while providing teens an opportunity to drive their way to college," said Holly Odom, Executive Director of the foundation. About Farmers Insurance Farmers Insurance Exchange and its affiliated insurers comprise the nation's third-largest Personal Lines Property & Casualty insurance group. Headquartered in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. and doing business in 41 states, Farmers Insurance Exchange and its affiliated insurers provide home, auto, business and life insurance and financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. to more than 10 million households through 17,000 exclusive and independent agents and district managers. For more information about Farmers, visit our website at www.farmers.com. About I Saw You Safety & Scholarship Foundation, Inc. Headquartered in Pensacola, Florida
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