Police in Windsor-Essex are focusing on distracted driving during National Teen Driver Safety Week.
Officers were at Holy Names High School, where students are going to great lengths to stay safe.
Dean Gilliam, 17, is one of the many students at Holy Names to take the pledge.
“I've made the pledge to not text and drive or drink and drive," says Gilliam.
He thinks the message is especially important for teenagers.
“We need to understand the importance of distracted driving and how that is a dangerous thing in our society and how that if we take this pledge we increase the chance of less car crashes, less danger on the roads."
Windsor police and the Safety Village are encouraging students to take the pledge through parachute's national teen driver safety week.
“Almost 20 per cent of fatalities with teen drivers have to do with distracted driving so creating that awareness hopefully will bring that number down,” says Lorraine Oloya, community outreach coordinator at the Safety Village.
