May 22, 2024
Dear Newly Licensed Teen Driver, In 2006 my son Reid, the driver, died in a one car crash, at age 17, eleven months after getting his […]
October 23, 2023
Did you know that Halloween is the deadliest day of the year for children who are pedestrians? On this day, more than twice as many children are […]
October 15, 2023
They say that sometimes life can change in a matter of seconds and that's what happened to me. We were visiting Frisco, Texas for a gymnastics meet. I was walking over to the event with my girls to watch their friends compete but I never made it to the competition that night. I also missed my daughter compete the next day all because an 18-year-old girl decided it was more important to look at the text on her phone than to pay attention to the road. Her decision to drive distracted has changed my life forever.
July 17, 2024
By Elizabeth Dole and Candace Lightner Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation; Founder and President of We Save Lives This piece was originally published at Newsweek.com […]
July 6, 2024
Mi Ae Lipe is a citizen advocate and We Save Lives Partner. She blogs on Driving in the Real World, Tweets daily driving news and tips at @DrivingReal, and writes a regular column on street driving for BMW CCA’s Roundel magazine. Visit her website to download her free eBook "The Sound of No Car Crashing: A Guide to Protective Driving".
June 19, 2024
by Jim Fell To address the young driver problem, traffic safety officials from several organizations developed a licensing system that prolongs the learning process for beginning […]
May 23, 2024
Advocates want to transform the ‘100 Deadliest Days of Summer for Teens’ into the ‘100 Safest Days’ For Immediate Release Washington, D.C.— For the first […]
January 20, 2023
Losing a child in a senseless car crash is far worse than any nightmare. A nightmare ends; eventually, you wake up. Gracie is traveling to Moab […]
May 18, 2023
How to Keep Our Teens Safe Another summer is upon us and as we make plans for vacations and summer fun, we would like to remind […]
May 6, 2024
Introduction by Candace Lightner, President, We Save Lives.org Car crashes are so common that if we haven’t been personally affected by one or more, we know […]