Rabun County High SADD
	To provide students with the best prevention and intervention tools possible to deal with the issues of underage drinking, other drug use, impaired driving and other destructive decisions.

Originally, the mission of the SADD chapter was to help young people say "No" to drinking and driving. Today, the mission has expanded. Students have told us that positive peer pressure, role models and other strategies can help them say "No" to more than drinking and driving. And that is why SADD has become a peer leadership organization dedicated to preventing destructive decisions, particularly underage drinking, other drug use, impaired driving, teen violence and teen depression and suicide.

GOALS, HISTORY, AND MISSION OF THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY IN GEORGIA

Our goal is to provide highway safety data and fact-based analyses that will assist communities and safety advocates in implementing effective programs that will change high-risk driving behavior and increase safety on our streets and highways.

The history of GOHS follows that of highway safety in the USA as a whole. In 1966, 50,894 people were killed in motor vehicle crashes in the U.S. and the rate of fatalities per 100 million miles of travel was 5.5. It was projected that, over a 9-year period, the number of fatalities would increase to 100,000 a year if Congress did not do anything to address the problem. Taking heed of these dire predictions, Congress enacted the Highway Safety Act of 1966. This legislation created a unique partnership among federal, state and local governments to improve and expand the Nation's highway safety activities.

The Highway Safety Act of 1968 required governors to be responsible for the administration of the federal highway safety program in each state. The governor, through delegation of powers, had the authority to designate a Governor's Highway Safety Representative to administer the federally-funded highway program. It is through this that the Governor's Office of Highway Safety in Georgia was created.

The Mission of the Governor's Office of Highway Safety is to educate the public on traffic safety and facilitate the implementation of programs that reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities on Georgia roadways.

GOHS holds the distinction of organizing nationally recognized programs such as Operation Zero Tolerance and Click It or Ticket!

We design all of our programs and services with the goal of reaching every Georgia motorist. Safe driver behavior is our top priority and we must persuade all Georgians to adopt a similar goal.

National SADD website

	National Safe Teen Driver Press Conference at Oglethorpe University Jesse Toller was one of the guest speakers and Katie Franklin, Corey Page, Jessica Arthur and Brianna Beck were also present. Rabun County was represented well at this event.

 

Safety Expo at Home Depot
2007 Young Adult Conference at Callaway Gardens.
Fatal Vision class