Our Driving Concern Texas Employer Program from the National Safety Council San Marcos Training Sponsored by the San Marcos Area Chamber of Commerce and the City of San Marcos The ODC Train-the-Trainer provides facilitation skills trainings and 4 key traffic-safety topics employers can use with their employees as well as providing additional resources for the employers. The ODC Curriculum is approximately 4 hours in length and after attending the Train-the-Trainer, participants receive their own copies of the curriculum for free that they can use with their companies. This program is designed to reduce the financial and emotional impact of crashes - both on and off the job. Through interactive instructional methods, participants are prompted to consider modifying risky driving habits. The Overview module describes the problems of risky driving behaviors, and how it affects your company. The four Behavior-Specific Presentations: Distracted Driving, Impaired Driving, Aggressive Driving, and Passenger Restraint are 15 - 20 minutes each and are designed to engage and reinforce good driving habits. The goal is to connect participants’ behaviors with risky driving behaviors in an engaging way, and encourage safe driving. WHO SHOULD ATTEND THESE TRAININGS? These trainings are ideal for: • Company owners • Managers • Supervisors • HR professionals • Safety professionals • Safety Instructors Why Employers Care: Motor vehicle fatalities are the #1 cause of work-related deaths. About half of all crashes result in work absences, which can greatly impact employer costs, including: - On-and-off the job crashes are costly to employers - $3.5 billion in economic losses to Texas employers - Health, life, and disability insurance premiums - Sick leave - Workers’ Compensation contributions - Crash-related legal expense - Vehicle property damage - Liability insurance - Lost productivity - Recruiting and training to replace employee - Impacts on Co-workers - Their bottom line ODC provides support for employers to incorporate on-going traffic safety education into their safety culture. Traffic safety outreach for Texas employers to implement best practices and policies, reduce risky substance use, promote safe driving practices among employees and their families, and decrease the number of crashes and fatalities. The Our Driving Concern Texas Employer program is a program of the National Safety Council with traffic safety grant funding from the Texas Department of Transportation.