Tuesday morning, the Drive Safe program began another campaign to remind everyone of this fact. We want everyone to remember the 11 who died, said Mike Shapiro, Los Angeles County Sheriff s deputy. The Drive Safe program, sponsored by The Signal, Frontier Toyota and Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital, will send Shapiro to the senior assemblies of the five public high schools. Shapiro will hand out white ribbons and speak on the responsibilities of driving safely. We want to reach the kids, to make them aware so that they drive safe, Shapiro said.
Graduation is a very hectic time.
The program asks all drivers to turn on their headlights during the days of June 16-17, the dates for the five high school graduations. We re asking the entire city to turn on their headlights, said Janice Newbold, director of public relations at Henry Mayo. The headlights do not make driving dafer, Shapiro said, but will serve as a reminder, a testimony. The Drive Safe program, which recently started its second year, seeks to help keep young drivers out of the trauma center, Newbold said. We don t want to see teenagers in the trauma center, added Lisa Foust, president of the Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital Foundation.