Teen Driver Inspired Newly Retooled Website that Helps Parents Teach Kids to Drive Safely, Responsibly -- Compendium Software Relaunches Much Improved Program

APOPKA, Fla. -- Compendium Software recently relaunched the much-improved SaferTeenDriver.com web site to help parents teach their teenagers how to drive safely and responsibly. Bob O'Connor, Chief Financial Officer at Compendium’s BrightFleet.com, the online portal for professional and fleet drivers, said his daughter---a teen driver---played a key role in helping to develop SafeTeenDriver.com. “At Brightfleet.com we’ve spent years developing online tools to help professional drivers improve their safety and reduce risk,” O'Connor explained. “My teenage daughter was learning to drive, and that made the whole task personal,” O’Connor said. “I was looking for ways to expose her to the life-threatening hazards that await her out on the highways without risking her safety. Most teens don’t acknowledge risk or danger until they experience it firsthand, and all too often that experience can be tragic,” O’Connor said. “They haven’t developed their situational awareness skills, and tend to target-fixate on hazards that appear suddenly instead of concentrating on how to solve the crisis,” he said. O’Connor’s colleagues at Brightfleet.com proposed a solution. “We began by modifying some of the online tools we use to evaluate and improve professional drivers’ hazard perception skills and the project evolved into one of the best and most important investments a parent of a teen driver can ever make,” he said. SaferTeenDriver.com combines the online gaming skills most teenagers possess with research-driven and statistically proven measurements of hazards, risks, and ways to avoid them, O’Connor said. O’Connor’s daughter was one of the first to try the new program. Soon, she turned from student to teacher. “She started talking me through potential hazards as we drove along,” O’Connor said. “It really blew me away that she adapted so well and so quickly,” he said. A brief video at SaferTeenDriver.com shows parents how they can help their teen drivers improve their skills---and their safety. An online parent-teen training course retails for $119.95, and a $99.95 introductory discount is available by using the code "TheExtraMile" during the enrollment process. SaferTeenDriver.com is a service of BrightFleet.com, a division of Compendium Software Systems, LLC a client member of the UCF Business Incubation Program in Apopka. For more information, visit SaferTeenDriver.com or telephone Compendium Software at 407-545-2200.