The Georgia Governor’s Office of Highway Safety has renewed Savannah Technical College’s grant for the fourth year to operate the Coastal Georgia Center for Driver Safety.

Grant funds will continue to provide distracted and impaired driver prevention education for youth, young adults and parents in Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, and Liberty counties. These activities include community- and school-based workshops, virtual reality simulation education, and social media messaging.

The Coastal Georgia Center for Driver Safety partnered with the SCCPSS, and colleges, attended resource fairs, and spent more time networking to reach more than 5,000 high school students and their parents in FY23. The Center also continued its monthly media campaign about the dangers of distracted driving and impaired driving with a focus on young adult drivers in FY23.

The goal of the Coastal Georgia Center for Driver Safety is to bring awareness to young adults and parents about the dangers of distracted driving.