Nunez To Kick-Off National Teen Driver Safety Week With Teen Safe Driving Summit In Washington DC - Speedway Digest

The Dnt txt n drV Foundation and its founder, 19-year-old MAZDA factory professional racecar driver Tristan Nunez, will kick-off National Teen Driver Safety Week in the nation’s capital with the Teen Safe Driving Summit on Sun., Oct. 18. Nunez will participate in the annual event with a tire safety demonstration alongside sponsor Cooper Tires, followed by keynoting on Mon., Oct 19 on the subject of distracted driving.

“I’m thrilled to again be involved in the National Organizations for Youth Safety event,” said Nunez. “The Summit is something I look forward to every year, especially since it is in our nation’s capital, we can really elicit change and awareness on the subject of distracted driving. It’s also really great to have two of my personal sponsors also involved, MAZDA and Cooper Tires.”

As part of Nunez’s ongoing commitment to road safety, the Florida native will return to the National Organizations for Youth Safety (NOYS) Teen Safe Driving Summit, which takes place at the Hilton Old Town in Alexandria, Va. The summit is the kick off to National Teen Driver Safety Week, which runs Oct. 18 through Oct. 24.

The Teen Safe Driving Summit, which originally began five years ago as a distracted driving prevention event, has broadened its agenda this year to include a wide range of driving safety issues such as seat belt use, speeding, impaired driving, auto safety, and now also tire safety with Nunez’s sponsor, Cooper Tires involvement. Nearly 100 youth and advisors from over 20 states will attend the summit and participate in a new Interactive Lab Station for additional hands-on learning opportunities. Attendees are responsible for going back to their communities following the summit to share what they have learned with peers. This youth-led approach-involving teens in peer-to-peer education-is thought to be most effective at preventing injury and saving lives.

Nunez launched the Dnt txt n drV Foundation in 2014, and is a passionate advocate for distracted driving prevention, making numerous appearances at high schools throughout his racing schedule and speaking at some of the nation’s most important safe driving forums. Nunez will be at the Interactive Lab Station representing Cooper Tires on Oct. 18 from noon to 4 p.m., and will demonstrate tire safety tips including how to check tires for proper tread depth and inflation pressure as well as how to assess the overall condition of a tire. He will also appear at the Summit Oct. 19 at 1:40 p.m. as a speaker on the distracted driving panel, where he will focus on the dangers that distractions pose to teen drivers, their passengers and all road users.

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