Pre-registration/referral form required.
Register at 5:45, sessions 6-8pm. Circle process with guest speaker, highlighting the potential consequences of unsafe driving. Participants share a public commitment to prevent the number one cause of death for 16-24 year olds, car crashes. Collaborative project with River Falls Police Department. Cost to attend is $30.
You do not need to be court ordered to participate in the Teen Driving Circle. For example, a parent may decide that their teen participates. Please call the Restorative Justice Center if you have additional questions. 715-425-1100.
Years of Attendance:
- 2009 Attendance – 339
- 2010 Attendance – 197
- 2011 Attendance – 103
- 2012 Attendance – 107
Based on data from 2012 evaluation forms:
98.3% believed that it was a good program.- 95% thought the speaker had a great deal of an impact on them
- 97.5% made a public commitment to the Circle, in front of their peers.
- 99.2% would recommend this program to others
Participant Feedback:
The speaker really changed my thinking on driving. In a way the group really bonded, which was great.
How there was a speaker here who was affected by a crash that helped me learn better.
I like the most how you told everyone the story! It was very hard to sit through! For you to have the strength to tell everyone this I really admire you! Thank you so much! It really opened my mind.
Was how I could relate to Pam. Thank you so much Pam you have no idea how much this has changed my way of thinking. I can confess to getting in a car with someone who has been drinking and not putting on a seatbelt, and this has made me realize how my mom could get a phone call from my mistake.
I liked being able to listen and really picture and feel how she was feeling and apply it to how I will always be a safe driver.
The story. It made me promise myself to be a safer driver and never let my family experience this.
