CHANDLER, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) — A program referred to as B.R.A.Ok.E.S offered life-saving classes and coaching for teen drivers at Chandler-Gilbert Group Faculty this weekend.
“Loads of them aren’t as excited as you desire to them to be each time they first get right here as a result of it is early within the morning,” mentioned teacher Travis Oldenburg. “And so they study actual fast that we form of kick it up a notch right here and have time.”
This system, which stands for “Be Accountable and Hold Everybody Protected,” stems from tragedy. This system was based by High Gasoline drag racing champion Doug Herbert after his sons had been killed in a automobile crash.
“Doug Herbert’s sons had been killed in a automobile wreck in 2008 and he felt he wanted to take that and convey one thing good from that and make a distinction,” mentioned B.R.A.Ok.E.S instructor Travis Oldenburg.
B.R.A.Ok.E.S has had over 50,000 college students undergo this system through the years. The group has reported graduates are 64% much less more likely to get right into a automobile crash inside three years of taking the course.
“So, they have programs like crash avoidance, panic braking, automobile management and restoration, which is mainly after we put the automobile into an oversteer and slide and we train them tips on how to get better from that” mentioned Oldenburg.
The course additionally offers classes on distractions whereas driving. For Valley father Daniel Salazar, the course is essential for his two daughters. His older daughter is a graduate, and now it is his 16-year-old daughter’s flip.
“They’ve some conditions right here the place you hope you by no means should expertise,” defined Salazar. “But when they do, I believe they’re a little bit extra ready, which is helpful to us because the mother and father.”
The group additionally offers coaching for folks. If you need to enroll, the group says there can be extra lessons in February within the Phoenix-area. For extra data, go to putonthebrakes.org.
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