KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – The California Highway Patrol's Clear Lake Area office, in conjunction with Impact Teen Drivers, is offering a free presentation aimed at reducing collisions in Lake County caused by reckless and distracted driving.

The Impact Teen Drivers organization will make its unique, educational presentation beginning at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 17, at Twin Pine Casino, 22223 Highway 29 in Middletown.

All interested community members are invited to attend this presentation which, according to CHP Officer Kory Reynolds, is very impactful.

“I had the pleasure of seeing this presentation about three years ago and have been looking for the opportunity to bring it to Lake County,” Reynolds said. “While the main focus is to educate and hopefully impact our young drivers, Impact Teen Drivers is something everyone will find educational and worthwhile.”

Automobile collisions have been the leading cause of death for American teens for generations.

Since 2007, Impact Teen Drivers has emerged as a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to reversing this pervasive yet 100-percent preventable crisis.

Impact’s mission is to change the culture of driving forever thereby saving lives not only in this generation of drivers, but also in all future generations of drivers.

Impact Teen Drivers endeavors to do this through a nationwide educational program that confronts the dangers and consequences of reckless and distracted driving.

With manifold free online materials, and direct trainings available, its unique grassroots framework empowers people to make meaningful behavioral changes in their own driving habits, as well as to promote safe driving in their community.

Distracted and reckless driving is a multifaceted public health crisis that requires a multi-faceted response, so while Impact’s message remains the same – to end it – the formats and venues to spread it vary.

Impact has developed evidence-based curricula and guides for different professional fields, and for different target audiences.

Impact Teen Drivers offers myriad free resources to educators, first responders, health care professionals, parents, community members, and teens and teen organizations.

“We are excited to partner with Impact Teen Drivers and Twin Pine Casino to educate our young drivers about the dangers of unsafe driving behaviors,” said Lt. Hector Paredes, commander of the CHP's Clear Lake Area office.

“All too often, the CHP is called upon to investigate traffic conditions where people are seriously injured or worse and it's determined that the cause was a teen's distracted driving,” Paredes said. “Impact Teen Drivers is an excellent program to emphasize that these collisions are 100-percent preventable when teens adopt safe driving practices.”

To find out more about this free event contact Officer Kory Reynolds at the CHP's Clear Lake Area office at 707-279-0103.

For more information on the Teen Impact Drivers program, visit the organization's Web site at www.impactteendrivers.org .