SAFE Educational Activities

Click here to view 2023-2024 SAFE Educational Campaign Outlines

Just Drive

The Kansas Department of Transportation, Kansas Department of Education and the Kansas Insurance Commissioner would like to invite your high school to participate in this year's Distracted Driving Awareness Campaign.

April is distracted driving awareness month and we want to help you focus on distracted driving prevention.

To participate in this campaign, complete the order form and you will receive a Distracted Driving Awareness educational kit. The kit will contain texting and driving law cards and posters, campaign posters, a campaign message calendar and pledge cards.

Please sign up to participate in this campaign before March 15th in order to receive the necessary materials in time.

Distracted Driving Campaign Sign Up Form

Miss Kansas

The Miss Kansas Organization and the Kansas Department of Transportation have partnered to keep Kansas roads safe. Miss Kansas 2023 Courtney Wages is available to give a live or virtual presentation to SAFE schools on traffic safety issues. Presentations will last approximately 45 minutes. If you would like Miss Kansas to come to your school, please register here. Number of presentations are limited and will be set up on a first come basis and is subject to Miss Kansas' schedule.
		Click here to download a PDF version of the SAFE Miss Kansas poster (11x17)

Vince and Larry Scripts

Use these scripts to promote driving safety! They can be acted out in audio form or you can check out the Vince and Larry costumes HERE and bring the characters to life.
Vince and Larry: Impaired Driving
Vince and Larry: Christmas and Street Racing Script	Vince and Larry: Distracted Driving Script
Vince and Larry: Halloween Script	Vince and Larry: New Years and Speeding Tickets Script
Vince and Larry: Texting at a Red Light Script	Vince and Larry: Thanksgiving and Drowsy Driving Script
Vince and Larry: Turn Signals Script	Vince and Larry: Winter Driving Tips Script
Vince and Larry: Why be Involved in SAFE? Script 1	Vince and Larry: Why be Involved in SAFE? Script 2

SAFE Activity Ideas

Booster to Belts	KaHoot Challenge
ThinkFast Interactive	Kansas Highway Patrol Rollover Demonstrator
Kansas Highway Patrol Seatbelt Convincer	The S.E.A.T. (Safer Education About Traveling) Program
Social Media Messages	Traffic Safety Parade Floats
Mock Trial Script	SAFE Traffic Citation
Traffic Safety Posters	Mock Crash
Game Day Reminders	Halloween Glow Bags for Pedestrian Safety
Give Out Candy (Smarties, Dum-Dums, Lifesavers, etc.)	Traffic Safety Signs
SAFE Spirit Week	Articles or Advertisements (In Print or Online)
Library Display of Stories That Involve a Crash	Concessions Coupons
Pledge Card Signing and Red Thumb Event (Paint a Thumbnail Red as a Reminder to Drive Without Using Your Phone)	Sign a big SAFE pledge poster
Invite A Guest Speaker (Local Law Enforcement, Paramedic, Crash Victim, etc.) Speakers: Nicole Allensworth (Texting and Driving) Joe White (Underage Drinking) Jared Estes (Drunk Driving Victim) Garry Parker (Defensive Driving) Karen Williams STEP Classes In this six-part series, Karen Williams takes teens on a journey to explain how biology and changes in their brain affects everything in their lives - especially the challenges hey face as they learn to drive safely.	More Ideas: Show traffic safety PSAs Put a traffic safety message on your school's marquee sign Seatbelt "fire drill" game Put flyers or sticky notes on windshields during classes or at a school event Adopt-A-Highway program Drive a golf cart or remote control cars while wearing drunk goggles or texting Put traffic safety notes on lockers Kansas' Graduated Driver's License video Make and wear duct tape seatbelts ThinkFirst