This post was written as part of my association with Toyota for Arrive in Style. I received a promotional item as a thank you for participating. The prize was provided and may be shipped by Toyota. Toyota is not a sponsor, administrator, or connected in any other way with this giveaway.
A few weeks ago I posted about a campaign by Teen Vogue and Toyota called “Arrive in Style”. If you didn’t read the original post you can find it here – Arrive in Style with Teen Vogue and Toyota. Please note that giveaway is over.
As a parent it’s important that you teenager knows the importance of following the rules and playing is safe when behind the wheel of a car. They MUST be responsible at all times and take driving seriously. They also need to know that things like texting and talking on the phone with friends can wait.
My sixteen year old daughter has not taken her permit test yet. She’s studying for it, but I don’t think she’s taking it too seriously. She found a couple of apps for the phone that have practice questions. She keeps getting basic ones wrong. For example, one question asked what you should do if the phone range while you were driving. There were multiple choices for the answer. She chose the one that said to pull over on the side of the road and take the call. The correct answer was to let the call go to voicemail. If it was an emergency situation then yes, pulling over would be acceptable. For non-emergency calls the caller can wait. I tried to explain to her that pulling on to the side of the road can sometimes be a mistake. You could drive over something and get a leak in your tire or a stranger could pull up behind you and you never know what they might do.
It’s very important that your teenage driver know the rules, and I’m not just talking about driving rules. I’m talking about things like talking on the phone and texting, driving under the influence, taking on rowdy passengers, speeding, driving recklessly and things along those lines.
I was a teenager once too. I thought I knew it all and was invincible. Two near car accidents while driving in snow and one nasty accident involving a dear on the highway, as well as many points on my license due to speeding and almost getting my license taken away was enough to make me realize I was going about it the WRONG way.
I remember how “cool” it was to drive face or race people on the road. I learned my lesson. Now I need for my kids to learn from my mistakes.
This is why it’s essential for parents and teenage drivers to sit down together and talk about what is expected of them when driving. What rules would you like to put in place and why? Your teen needs to know the reasons WHY you have rule in place. The more the understand the better and the less likely they will to rebel.
Teen Vogue and Toyota are committed to helping families across the country to understand driver safety, especially teen drivers. That is why they are asking parents and teens to take the Arrive in Style Teen Vogue safety pledge.
The pledge does not ask for any unnecessary personal information and only asks you and your teen to go over and discuss a few safety points. Once you both agree on them you check off the appropriate button. At the end you and your teen both agree to the pledge. That’s it! Plus you’ll have a chance (if you want to) to enter the Arrive in Style sweepstakes.
Some of the discussion points you find in the pledge look like this;
General Safety
I agree to ALWAYS obey the posted speed limit.
I agree to consider the weather and road conditions and adjust my speed appropriately.
I will not tailgate, speed, weave in and out of traffic or participate in any aggressive or reckless driving behavior.
I will not drive when I am angry, frustrated or emotional.
I agree to not be a passenger in any vehicle where I do not feel comfortable or safe.
Safety Belts
I agree to wear my safety belt at all times.
I agree that I will not drive the car until all passengers are buckled up. No exceptions.
I agree that I will not ride in a car as a passenger without being buckled up.
I agree that I will not ride in a car where the driver and other passengers are not buckled up.
There are a few others.
As you can see it’s mostly common sense stuff.
To take the pledge please visit http://arriveinstyle.teenvogue.com/pledge.
To help encourage readers and their teens (or grandchildren) to take the pledge I am giving away several prizes.
(1) $50 American Express Gift Card
(10) Two-Pack “Arrive in Style” safe driving promise rings
(2) “Arrive in Style” beauty boxes
The “Arrive in Style” beauty box will look similar to the contents of this one;
The “Arrive in Style” safe driving promise rings are cute. Each winner will get a pair of them.
This giveaway is open to US residents only and will end on August 31, 2013 at 11:59 PM (EST). The winners will be chosen at random using a random number generator from all eligible entries. The winners will be notified via e-mail and will have three days to reply or a new winner will be chosen in their place.
To enter take the Arrive in Style pledge (found here). Once completed you’ll have the opportunity to share the pledge on Facebook. Share that you took the pledge on Facebook and copy/past the URL of your Facebook post in the comment section of this post.
If you don’t use Facebook you’ll need to copy/paste the URL of the completed pledge in the comment section of this post.
For extra entries you can use the Rafflecopter widget (below) but you MUST complete the initial entry requirement or the additional entries won’t qualify (I DO check). Extra entries are optional.
Kimberly
*This is a compensated post however all opinions expressed are entirely my own and not influenced in any way.
Sarah L says
http://arriveinstyle.teenvogue.com/assets/images/pledge.pdf
Thanks for the contest.
Thomas Murphy says
https://www.facebook.com/tom.murphy.946179/posts/526620840742290
Amanda Sakovitz says
https://www.facebook.com/amanda.sakovitz/posts/10201828835106629
Jessie C. says
Already took the pledge-https://www.facebook.com/tcarolinep/posts/4945896681356
Michele P says
https://www.facebook.com/michele.pineda.5/posts/10151665734503600
Kiara says
I took the pledge.
https://www.facebook.com/kiara.auston/posts/598374403518344
Margaret Smith says
Completed the pledge-http://arriveinstyle.teenvogue.com/assets/images/pledge.pdf
The facebook share is not comming up for me. But I did like and shared your post.
April Yedinak says
Took the pledge and shared on FB: https://www.facebook.com/april.yedinak/posts/10200538457411861
Nataly Carbonell says
I took the pledge!
fb url: https://www.facebook.com/umlilcutie/posts/701501279866941
Denise Taylor-Dennis says
https://www.facebook.com/IamMeUC/posts/10200900137883407
sarah k says
I took the pledge https://www.facebook.com/sarah.kozlowski.75/posts/591641004192755
Laura says
I took the pledge
http://arriveinstyle.teenvogue.com/assets/images/pledge.pdf
Bill Elliott says
I took the pledge — https://www.facebook.com/billelliott240/posts/309796579164539
steve weber says
took the pledge
http://arriveinstyle.teenvogue.com/assets/images/pledge.pdf
soha molina says
https://www.facebook.com/?q=#/sohamolina/posts/10151491007541707
Katie Roch says
https://www.facebook.com/katie.roch.9/posts/285878318217028
Sarah L says
https://www.facebook.com/hale.slehan/posts/641121402572177
Thanks for the contest.
Rosanne says
Took the pledge https://www.facebook.com/rosanne.morrison.12/posts/10201654009342100
Tamar says
My share is here https://www.facebook.com/tam.sweeps/posts/361590067303607.
dv8 says
I took the pledge.
http://arriveinstyle.teenvogue.com/assets/images/pledge.pdf
Ron Miller says
https://www.facebook.com/Powersweepstaking/posts/10201719843659479
Debra Hall says
http://arriveinstyle.teenvogue.com/assets/images/pledge.pdf
Stephanie Larison says
https://www.facebook.com/stephanie.larison.9/posts/201678299993022
Janet F says
I took the pledge and shared on FB:
https://www.facebook.com/janetfaye/posts/10201777508628244
janetfaye (at) gmail (dot) com
Elisabeth says
I took the pledge but for some reason the chance to share on facebook is not coming up for me.
JoBeth Butcher says
https://www.facebook.com/jobeth.butcher/posts/4638550780097 my pledge
Jessica Cox says
http://arriveinstyle.teenvogue.com/pledge/sign#section5
I took the pledge
Jessica Cox says
i follow on bloglovin jessicacox12764
Dana Rodriguez says
Took it!
https://www.facebook.com/dana.rodriguez.7583/posts/10152099808833084
Tabathia B says
had already taken pledge, but took again using diff email (tbarrettno1 at hotmail dot com)
https://www.facebook.com/michelle.barrett.562/posts/669203206442514
Geoff K says
I took the pledge! https://www.facebook.com/geoff.kaufman.1/posts/712649168752146
Mya Murphy says
I had to cheat a lot to put in this entry. I hate that! I’m epileptic and cannot drive! 🙁 Totally uncool!
https://www.facebook.com/straykattt/posts/10200184305001945
Donna Kellogg says
I took the Pledge
https://www.facebook.com/donna.kellogg.10/posts/581475215232577
Jill Myrick says
I took the pledge and shared the giveaway here:
https://www.facebook.com/jill.myrick.3/posts/10151543246987257
jweezie43[at]gmail[dot]com
amy deeter says
i took the pledge https://www.facebook.com/amy.deeter.7/posts/10201857293771988
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Sophie S says
https://www.facebook.com/Chitownchicas?ref=tn_tnmn
Sandra Travis says
I took the pledge.
http://arriveinstyle.teenvogue.com/pledge/sign#section5
heather says
i took the pledge -http://arriveinstyle.teenvogue.com/pledge/sign#form
Denise Taylor-Dennis says
The first picture I uploaded was not qualified so I submitted a new one and shared https://www.facebook.com/IamMeUC/posts/10201073780264358
Kelly D says
I took the pledge
https://www.facebook.com/KellyDSaver/posts/592563967461069
Janice says
https://www.facebook.com/janicepl/posts/207998829362079
crystal smith says
I took the pledge 🙂 here is my facebook share link- https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1407141899503132&id=100006220050125
crystal smith says
I follow you on BlogLovin’ as Crystal Smith (username csmith54751)
s riches says
I took the pledge
http://arriveinstyle.teenvogue.com/assets/images/pledge.pdf
john hutchens says
http://www.facebook.com/john.hutchens.965/posts/398386156927744
Brenda Elsner says
https://www.facebook.com/brenda.elsner/posts/10201986519171696
Christian Alejandro says
took the pledge
https://www.facebook.com/lieutcrunch27/posts/10201551934858945
kim s says
I took the pledge! Thank you 🙂
https://www.facebook.com/kim.s3333/posts/201088430068079
may avalon says
https://www.facebook.com/xo.may.avalon/posts/209063005929514
Lisa Garner says
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Susan Smith says
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dv8 says
I follow you on BlogLovin’.
kathy pease says
https://www.facebook.com/KathyLPease/posts/10151666499976359
susan smoaks says
https://twitter.com/fdp4life/status/373960584695263232
charlene says
https://www.facebook.com/furby.wins/posts/1408160879401856
Julie Hawkins says
I took the pledge
https://www.facebook.com/juliehawkins7/posts/10201813228672337
Julie Hawkins says
I follow on bloglovin
Michelle Tucker says
Here’s my share https://www.facebook.com/iiiyadirf/posts/662855163727587