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Tomlinson accepts Alive at 25 defensive-driving award
from National Safety Council

The National Safety Council (NSC) this summer named the Alive at 25 driver-education program as winner of its Astonishing Achievement Award for outstanding training efforts and work to make Idaho’s highways safer. The award recognized the Idaho Transportation Department’s training efforts in the defensive-driving class.

ITD Office of Highway Safety Manager John Tomlinson was on hand at the 2016 NSC Congress and Exposition in Anaheim, California, on Oct. 15 to receive the award.

Pictured: Tomlinson and National Safety Council CEO Deborah Hersman in Anaheim.

The NSC’s defensive-driving courses began in 1964 and have so far graduated more than 70 million drivers.

Since 2012, Alive at 25 instructors have been Idaho Instructor Trainers representing 18 agencies statewide. In that time, more than 20,000 Idaho students have completed classes, and the program continues to grow. Initial training began in 2007.

Alive at 25 is a driver's awareness course designed by NSC for young drivers ages 15-24.