IE Teen Driving School, Local Foundations, Implore Drivers To Be Safe
MENIFEE, CA —Teen Road to Safety, a local Inland Empire driving school, has partnered with local Southwest Riverside County foundations to help stem avoidable crashes through young driver education, the owners have announced. She believes that teenage drivers need more than the six hours of required training to become safe and responsible drivers.
They have joined both the AJ Project, to eradicate street racing in Temecula Valley and surrounding areas, and Rissa’s Wings of Love, out of remembrance to Clarissa Lewis, who died in a crash involving a teen driver just shy of her 16th birthday, according to owner Corie Maue.
Lately, she has embarked in a partnership with two Menifee parents who have made the impossible journey of burying their children after traumatic car crashes: Reina Jackson and Jackelin Santana.
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It has been one year since Santana lost her daughter, Clarissa, a cheerleader at Liberty High School in Menifee. Recently, she took to the field with the senior cheerleaders in Clarissa’s honor, wearing the varsity jacket and accepting cheers that should have been Clarissa’s.
“It was Clarissa’s Senior Night,” she said on Instagram. “Forever a bison and forever a cheerleader.”
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The crash that took Clarissa Lewis’s life was avoidable: a single car high speed crash that injured four other Liberty High School friends. Since that moment, she began Rissa’s Wings of Love to keep her daughter’s memory alive.
A remembrance walk “Clarissa’s Last Journey,” is scheduled on December 9 at 3:30 p.m. in her honor. There, they will walk to the memorial site for a moment of reflection with roses and candle light, then gather for hot cocoa, shared memories and heightening awareness for teen driving safety.
That safety is ultimately the message for all teenage drivers and the key, according to Maue. “Once teens pass the DMV exam, will they have all of the tools and wisdom they need to safely navigate from school, work and activities to home? or will they push their boundaries and engage in risk-taking behaviors?”
Joining her teenage driver safety program with local charitable organizations intent on making changes when it comes to behind-the-wheel education is an effort that will save lives, she said.
Street racing is a systemic problem across the Inland Empire.
Reina Jackson, a mother and ordained chaplain for the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, formed the AJ Project to put an end to teenage street racing after the death of her son.
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“He was a respectful young man with good grades,” Maue said. “Ajanni hid his secret high-risk lifestyle until it took his life. These are two stories out of many. Young people need mentorship, boundariesand protection from others and from themselves.”
Teen Road to Safety, a driver’s education program, offers a complete concierge service for young drivers aiming to get their license, from online Driver’s Education courses to one-on-one behind t he wheel instruction from 6 to 20 hours with expert law enforcement officers as instructors.
“We also offer advanced training courses once a month in South Orange County,” she said.”Behind the wheel teen safety is our passion and purpose, and we will gladly hold your hand every step of the way.”
Learn more about Teen Road to Safety’s programs at www.teenroadtosafety.com on Facebook or call/text 951-516-1452.
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