Timothy C. Smith is a certified driving instructor, a graduate of the Skip Barber School of Racing and the National Safety Council’s Defensive Driving Course and a licensed SCCA racer. An award-winning author and speaker, he is the father of three teenagers and lives in suburban Chicago .

Mr. Smith became actively involved in teen driver training and safety because of the confluence of several events. Within a six month period, five teenagers were killed in three separate car crashes near his home. He was subsequently shocked to discover that nearly every teenager in his neighborhood had experienced a fender-bender or car crash within a year of getting their license. At the same time, his oldest daughter was soon to begin driver training, with a younger brother and sister right behind her. It was time to do something.

The result? This web site and the book, Crashproof Your Kids! Make Your Teen a Safer, Smarter Driver (Simon & Shuster, May, 2006).

Now it’s your turn to help make a difference. Starting with your teen.