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Hamilton-Wenham Rotary and Leslie Ray Insurance to sponsor scholarships for Safe Driving Program

The Hamilton – Wenham Rotary Club, School District, Leslie Ray Insurance, and In-Control Advanced Driver Training are teaming up to educate young drivers and parents about responsible driving. Leslie Ray Insurance President Rich Jones offered $5000.00 to the Hamilton - Wenham Rotary Club to offer scholarships to Hamilton-Wenham High School students. Rotary Club President and Wenham Police Chief Ken Walsh claims that inexperienced drivers can cause serious damage to themselves and others on the road and would recommend that young drivers take every opportunity to learn as much as possible before getting behind the wheel.

In-Control Advanced Driver Training was founded in 2003 by professional racecar driver Brandon Bogart in an effort to lower the number of accidents caused by driver error. Automobile crashes are the number one killer of people under 45 and In Control’s program has been found to reduce crash rates in new drivers by 70 percent.

The half day In-Control program is an extreme crash prevention training course designed to not only teach participants the appropriate way to respond to unavoidable, real-life road situations, but also to instill lifelong attitudes that make safer drivers.  This closed course hands-on education was adapted from existing law enforcement training that Bogart has been instructing for more than a decade.

In Control is the first advanced driver training course certified by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and graduates, regardless of driving experience, qualify to receive Massachusetts auto insurance discounts up to 10%.  In Control has trained over 8,000 students and receives limitless praise from graduates, parents, schools, police departments, insurance companies, legislators and community groups all over New England. The course is held on closed airport runways and other large paved areas where students are able to practice emergency maneuvers in a safe environment.  In Control operates fixed site facilities in South Weymouth and North Andover Massachusetts. They also operate a Mobile Crash Prevention Classroom, which serves locations throughout New England including Worcester, Seekonk and Cape Cod.  For more information about In- Control Advanced Driver Training, please visit: DriveInControl.com .

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