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High School Students Use Technology to Keep Teen Drivers Safe

GasBuddy Blog -- While most students are finishing up finals and finishing the holiday vacation, a handful of juniors at Cherry Creek High School, one of the largest in the Denver-metro area, were working hard to complete a six-week research project measuring and profiling each others' driving habits. Leveraging innovative technology from Cartasite, a global leader in realtime monitoring, their goal is to see if they can influence young drivers to be safer behind the wheel.

Students enrolled in Cherry Creek 's DECA program are experimenting with a driver safety system called ROVR® that has been deployed in commercial fleets worldwide. DECA is an academic competition that teaches creative marketing and entrepreneurial skills to students around the...

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honda0105
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don't text and drive, don't drink and drive, and don't have a party in the car while in motion. Makes for a lot of safe young drivers. Oh, wait, that'd be too responsible and not egotistical enough...
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Good job kids
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Good should be.
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GOOD
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Good project
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Good for them.
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safety first
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Happy New Year everyone!
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What? Rejecting Darwinism?
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Maybe it will influence them to drive safer.
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More big brother
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big brother has a new trick.....will soon be in all new cars.
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Ok
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Good for them....
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Just keep the seat in the upright position, 2 hands on the wheel, and turn off the cell so no talking or texting is happening.
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There's no substitute for being focused on the road in front of you.
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It's a good idea.
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Do it the olf fashion way, two hands on the wheel, two eyes forward.
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Sounds like big brother watching:{
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quit texting ... but then again middle age people do that all the time...
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This sounds like a very good program, but I suspect that only the more mature and responsible students would participate.
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Sounds like a good idea.
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Good luck with this! Kids will be kids and there is not much technology can do to change that.
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One teen behind the wheel is OK. A car full of teens is an accident waiting to happen.
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Put the cell phone down while driving.
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Safe from what ? Things are fine without all of this techno crap. Heck, we all made it this far without it right ?
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good deal
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Ok
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Sounds good
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Are you smarter than a High School Student ??
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Lets hope it works out for them
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This is very exciting! One more reason to be hopeful for the future.
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Well, it's at least a start.
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Slow down and put down the hand held devices, it's a no brainer.
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Teens are too easily distracted.
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interesting but doubtful
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Young drivers are far more distracted.
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The black box will determine their price of insurance in the near future.
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Put the cell phone down while driving.
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Good news!
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good
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This is a great way to keep our kids safe.
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good idea,hope more schools adopt this idea
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good Stuff
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good initiative...
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At least they're thinking.
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Get these kids involved and thinking.
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It's one of the elite school districts in Denver
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This is good to keep them out of trouble and on the right track.
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Awesome
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