You in the Driver Seat

You in the Driver Seat


Peer-to-peer safety program


Free

1.0.33for iPhone, iPod touch
7.7
8 Ratings
Texas A&M Transportation Institute
Developer
29.6 MB
Size
Apr 18, 2024
Update Date
Education
Category
4+
Age Rating
Age Rating
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About You in the Driver Seat

The You In The Driver Seat App is designed to incentivize safe driving by emphasizing the fact that Responsibility has its Rewards. The app will provide a driving score for each trip, and points will be earned for all safe trips that are conducted without a distraction or excessive speeding. Points can be redeemed for gift cards once users achieve certain point levels, and random gifts will also be awarded to users that accumulate assorted achievement levels and badges.

Rewarding youth for good driving behavior.

The Teens In The Driver Seat (TDS) and U in the Driver Seat (UDS) programs are aimed at educating teens about their five most dangerous driving risks, including distracted driving. About 2,800 U.S. teens die each year in car crashes; that’s the equivalent of a school bus loaded with teenagers crashing once every week for an entire year. In Texas alone, fatal crashes involving drivers aged 15 to 17 have dropped nearly 70% since the program’s inception—due, at least in part, to this program’s statewide outreach. With partners like Union Pacific, State Farm and others, the programs have spread beyond the borders of the Lone Star State and now reached some 1,400 schools and 1.5 million teens nationwide.

Now, we need your help to make our program even more effective. Download the app today and begin enjoying the rewards associated with safe and responsible
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What's New in the Latest Version 1.0.33

Last updated on Apr 18, 2024
Old Versions
Updates to points accruing. Accrue more points as you continue to use the app.
Bug fixes.
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Version History
1.0.33
Apr 18, 2024
Updates to points accruing. Accrue more points as you continue to use the app.
Bug fixes.
1.0.32
Mar 4, 2024
- Reward updated to mark that you will continue to receive rewards after you reach the 5 star level for every 5,000 more points.
- Updates for sponsors
- Small bug and stability improvements
1.0.31
May 17, 2023
New update includes:
- After a trip is completed railroad crossings will now show on the map where ever you have crossed a rail crossing. This is
to make them prominent during a trip and scoring is NOT impacted. 
- Bug fixes. 
- Ease of use fixes
- More refined speeding detection features based upon posted speed limits.
1.0.26
Oct 11, 2022
We've added:
- Able to subscribe to receive inclement weather tips based upon your location. These tips will be available in the morning of the day inclement weather is forecasted.
- Minor bug and stability fixes.
1.0.25
Jun 22, 2022
Your scores chart in Trips now shows the averages across all years by month.
1.0.24
May 11, 2022
A new menu system has been introduced. This will allow the app to better grow, provide more details to help with your trips and learn more about all that YDS has to offer.
A resource page is available to learn what is happening around teen safety.
Bug fixes and performance improvements.
Reward criteria updated.
1.0.17
Jan 20, 2022
- During initial install of app, only schools for your state will be downloaded. This significantly reduces the download size and the amount of data that may be used.
- Bug fixes and performance improvements
1.1.16
Oct 14, 2021
- New ways of achieving awards are given in the Rewards page
- You can now specify if you were using a navigation app during a trip
- Prompted before you logout to prevent accidental logouts
- You will receive notifications for when you are nearing a reward
- Able to refer other users using either SMS or email
- Gauges on the main screen show how far away you are from a reward
- You are able to delete your account under "My Account"
- Minor bug and stability improvements
1.1.11
Feb 10, 2021
- Terms and conditions updated. Viewable from My Account.
- Rewards text updated with more details about qualifying for rewards.
- Minor bug fixes.
1.0.10
Jan 27, 2021
The leaderboards have been consolidated into a single page that now allows viewing All-Time and Monthly Leaders. These leaderboards are now based upon age and will only show users who fall into 1 of the 2 categories:
- Less than 26 years of age
- 26 of age or older
Bug fixes.
1.0.8
Dec 10, 2020
- We have introduced a new monthly leader board. This leader board will show the leaders for the current month. This board will be reset each month and will allow you to see how you doing against others for the current month.
- Minor bug fixes
- New badges can be earned for safe trips.
1.0.7
Dec 1, 2020
Bug fixes
1.0.5
Nov 12, 2020
- Minor textual changes
- Bug fixes
- Scoring fix for trips where user designates as a passenger
1.0.4
Oct 14, 2020
- Textual changes to rewards
- Reduce false distractions being reported during a trip
- Minor bug fixes
1.0
Sep 21, 2020

You in the Driver Seat FAQ

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Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of You in the Driver Seat.
iPhone
Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
You in the Driver Seat supports English

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