Shown in the photo, 12 Babylon High School student-drivers and more than a dozen other students who acted as distractors pose in front of the Allstate Insurance Company van with members of the driving team, Allstate Senior Manager for Corporate Relations Krista Conte, and WBLI's Al Levine On the Scene. As a kickoff to what experts call the 100 Deadliest Days for Teen Driving, and in an effort to equip studentdrivers with the tools necessary to overcome and avoid distractions while on the road, Babylon High School recently partnered with Allstate Insurance Company to conduct a three-part obstacle course for a group of students acting as safe student-driver ambassadors. The course, which was called Action Against Distraction Drivers Training Course, incorporated real-life driving scenarios and fatal distractions in order to teach students how simple things like talking on the phone, texting, eating, and goofing around with friends can lead to accidents.

Twelve student-drivers from the high school in the Babylon School District attended the program on a nonschool day prior to the Memorial Day holiday. During the three-hour event, students not only listened to trained driving instructors, dignitaries, and local elected officials speak about the dangers distractions can pose in a car, but also took to the road to navigate through three different simulations; Slalom, Emergency Breaking, and Collision Avoidance; courses all geared toward teaching the student-drivers life-saving driving skills.

In the photo, Babylon High School student-drivers get some last-minute direction from one of the program's trained driving instructors before navigating through the Action Against Distraction Drivers Training Course, a program sponsored by Allstate Insurance Company. Throughout the courses students experienced how such things as opening up water bottles or reading text messages can be enormous distractions, since they take your eyes off the road - even if just for a second. Providing the distractions in the car for many of the students were their peers and other adults in attendance, including local police officers, school administrators, Allstate representatives, and parents.