The DriveWise campaign is taking high school students out of the classroom and putting them in the driver’s seat.
The program is pro-actively tackling the issue of distracted driving in partnership with local police, municipalities, the MTO, our local health unit and Renfrew County.
Grade 11 and 12 students at MVDHS attended a presentation and had the chance to test out a distracted driving simulator yesterday.
MVDHS Principal Dave Bishop says he was pleasantly surprised by the level of engagement from students.
From the campaign Don Gray says getting students engaged and into an active demonstration is the key to education.
Killaloe OPP Constable Catharine Yarmel says education is just an important as enforcement, especially given the alarming numbers associated with distracted driving.
