Dear Parents, October is Distracted Driving Awareness Month, and I'm asking for your help. We Need You! We need you to help us help the young drivers in your family avoid distracted driving. Here's why. As a parent who managed to teach two teenagers how to drive and survive, I've seen my fair share of eye-rolls. A simple little, "I love you. Please drive safe." Was all it took to induce an eye-roll as they were walking out the door. If "Drive Safe" caused and eye-roll tha

Long before I was a parent, I heard this statement, "When it comes to raising children, more stuff is caught than taught." What does that mean exactly? Let's imagine it's time to teach your child how to drive, and you tell them, "Don't use your phone while driving! No texting! No searching for music! Just Drive!" Yet your child has spent the last ten years of their life sitting in your car's back seat watching you use your phone while driving. If this is the case, your

Long before working here at Drive Safe Missoula, I spent eight years as a Police Officer for the Kansas City, Missouri Police Department. During those years, I dispatched to hundreds and hundreds of "Reported Traffic Accidents." I've filled out hundreds of "Missouri Uniform Accident Reports" (which have since been retitled Missouri Uniform Crash Reports). An intersection in my patrol area was routinely ranked in the Top 10 highest accident intersections in Kansas City, Missou