A senior at Edmunds Central High School has won a $10,000 prize for promising to be a safe driver.
Austin Faw of Roscoe was announced yesterday (Nov. 30, 2020) as the winner of this year’s Lesson Learned SD program during an all-school assembly in Roscoe.
Department of Public Safety Secretary Craig Price says this program is a great way to recognize young people who have pledged to be safe drivers. He says young people who learn to be safe drivers carry those habits through the rest of their lives.
Drivers between the ages of 14 and 19 are required to go to the Lesson Learned SD website, which features safe driving videos on issues such as distracted driving, seatbelt use and driving under the influence.
Austin’s father, Mike, is a driver education instructor at the school. He encouraged his students to participate in the program.
Amanda Hossle, director of the Office of Highway Safety, says they could never do Lesson Learned without the support of administrators and driver education instructors like Mike. She says it’s because of people like him, students are learning to be safe drivers.
Austin’s school also benefits. The South Dakota Broadcasters Association contributes another $10,000 for Austin to designate to school programs or activities of his choice.
Steve Willard, president of the Broadcasters Association says young drivers get to reward school programs and teachers that have influenced them in high school. He says most of the time, the programs struggle for money, so this prize is a much needed bonus.
This is the fifth year for the program. The Lesson Learned website can be found at: http://www.lessonlearnedsd.com/student/.
South Dakota’s Office of Highway Safety is part of the state Department of Public Safety.
South Dakota Department of Public Safety Cabinet Secretary Craig Price (left) and Lesson Learned winner Austin Faw of Edmunds Central High School.
Photo credit South Dakota Department of Public Safety.
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