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For the past several years, MasterDrive has been featured “In the News” — in both the local and national media — due to the unique expertise that MasterDrive is able to contribute to the subject of driver safety.

At times when major events have occured which impact driver safety, MasterDrive has been asked to give recommendations as to what can be done — or what should have been done — to decrease the risks or to mitigate the situation. In addition, MasterDrive has been asked to conduct specific research in regard to vehicles and vehicular systems, especially as it relates to the use of drivers.

Here are some examples:
 
 
Masterdrive General Manager Mark Stolberg puts 9NEWS Anchor/Reporter Eric Kahnert to the test with a distracted driving challenge. Click here read article and watch video.
   
Blind students get behind the wheel for a drive. Click here watch video.
   
OC MasterDrive is featured as the "Best Teen Driving School and Drivers Training isn Orange County" in The Orange County Regsiter. Click here to read more.
   
Who would you say are more aggressive drivers? Teen girls or teen boys? Denver Channel 7 News interviews MasterDrive General Manager Mark Stolberg to discuss the findings of this new study. Click here to watch story.
   
On December 1, 2009, a new Colorado law goes into effect that will ban texting, tweeting or emailing while driving. MasterDrive General Sales Manager Dawn Langford is asked by ABC Denver 7 News to put two expert "texters" to the the test on one of our training courses. Click here to read story.
   
Can you text and drive at the same time and still be a defensive driver? Almost 6,000 people were killed last year as a result of distracted drivers. By the end of the year, Colorado teens will be banned from using cell phones while driving. Unconvinced of the dangers? KRDO News Channel 13 asks MasterDrive General Manager Mark Stolberg to put one teen to the test. Click here to read story.
   
   
MasterDrive offers driving clinics to the blind. Click on any of the links below to read about this rare opportunity expereinced by several blind students in the Colorado Springs and Denver area.

Colorado Springs Media:
The Gazette
KKTV Channel 11 News
KRDO Channel 13 News


Denver Media:
Denver Post
CBS 4
9 News

   
Handling emergency situations such as panic braking and loss of vehicle control are very important aspects of the training we provide to our students. Read more about safe driving tips in a BaltimoreAtHome.com article that highlights MasterDrive as one of the top driving training schools. Click here for article.
   
Insurance tips for young drivers: CNN's Gerri Willis shares tips on how to reduce car insurance costs for your young drivers. Click here to read her article.
   
To learn how to pull out of a skid in tough winter dirving conditions, 9NEWS Meteorologist Marty Coniglio went to Master Drive of Colorado's winter driving course, which is tailored for experienced drivers who want to improve their skills for handling winter conditions. Click here to read the article and see the video, "Learning the skills to put the brakes on bad winter driving".
   
MasterDrive has conducted not only driver training for the United Postal Service, but also has been contracted to define specific impacts of the delivery vehicles on slick surfaces, distribution of weight in the vehicles, and what needed to be done to overcome the tendencies toward skidding and losing control. 
   
MasterDrive was contacted by and appeared on NBC Nightly News following a senior driver who went through a flea market in California, which resulted in the serious injury or death of more than 40 people. MasterDrive brought to the program coverage the results of their broad research into the problems and solutions of senior drivers — and the probable “cause” and most effective solutions for this type of situation.
   
MasterDrive conducted a tire test for national TV as to the most effective tires for slick road conditions, actually doing specific tests on an “ice rink”.
   
MasterDrive was featurned in a national PBS program on the senior driver, actually featuring hands on training that impacts the function of the older driving population, and ways that the driving years can be substantially “extended” as well as being a safer driver.
   
MasterDrive has been featured in national publications such as AutoWeek, the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and many others in regard to specific subjects impacting the driving environment.
   
MasterDrive has contributed recommendations and techniques to countless media programs in regard to winter driving, coverage of crashes involving teen deaths and injuries, the impact and use of vehicle systems such as ABS, air bags, etc., considerations for driving outside the United States, and many more subjects.
 
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