Methacton School District wins First Annual GVF Seatbelt Challenge!

GVF is excited to announce that Methacton School District was the winnerof the organization’s first annual Seatbelt Challenge! This year’s Challenge was against Upper Merion High School.

The purpose of the Seatbelt Challenge is to bring attention to the importance of seatbelt safety, determine how many students are wearing seatbelts and encourage those who are not to do so. GVF manages the Challenge by conducting a counting survey during the fall semester; present the findings to the participating schools, and then setting up seatbelt safety presentations through the Pennsylvania State Police and the Lower Providence PoliceDepartment.

At the end of the challenge, GVF conducted another counting survey,to see if the number of students wearing seatbelts has increased. The winning school district is the one with the highest increase of seatbelt use.

In our initial study, conducted on October 1, 2011, 83 percent of Methacton students were observed wearing seatbelts. The follow up study was conducted on March 28, 2012, 90 percent of students were observed wearing seatbelts.

Thedistrict was awarded $500, which was provided by AAAand their Keys 2 Drive program, which provides parents tips and information to work with their teens through each step of safe driving.

The full results of the Challenge were as follows:

School	Number of Cars Surveyed	Number of People in the Cars	Number of People Wearing Seatbelts	Number of People Not Wearing Seatbelts	Percentage of People Not Wearing Seatbelts
Methacton Senior High School (fall semester)	173	387	323	64	17%
Methacton Senior High School (spring semester)	211	373	337	36	10%

School	Number of Cars Surveyed	Number of People in the Cars	Number of People Wearing Seatbelts	Number of People Not Wearing Seatbelts	Percentage of People Not Wearing Seatbelts
Upper Merion High School (fall semester)	129	232	138	94	41%
Upper Merion High School (spring semester)	143	248	191	57	23%

GVF is already underway in planning next school year's Challenge. If you're interested in participating, contact us at info@gvftma.com or 610-354-8899.

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