Enhance Teen Driving Skills with B.R.A.K.E.S. and Kia Motors

 

Utilizing vehicles provided by Kia Motors, B.R.A.K.E.S. offers teens extensive behind-the-wheel instruction from professional trainers including current and former law enforcement officers and professional racing drivers, teaching the teens and their parents how to be safer on the road. Exercises include Distracted Driving Awareness, Panic Braking, Crash Avoidance, Drop-wheel/Off-road Recovery and Car Control/Skid Recovery. 

 

The 501(c)(3) charity was founded by multi-time Top Fuel drag racing champion Doug Herbert in honor of his two sons, Jon and James, who lost their lives in a tragic car crash in 2008. Herbert turned that personal tragedy into a lifesaving mission that has trained more than 110,000 teens and their parents to date. 

 

Location:            

Lincoln Airport

3401 W. Mathis Street

Lincoln, NE 68524

     

Dates & Times:

August 12 (Saturday) classes start at 8 a.m., 11:30 a.m., and 3 p.m.

August 13 (Sunday) classes start 8 a.m. and 12p.m.

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