Car crashes are the No. 1 killer of teens, and the holiday season is a deadly time for teen drivers. We get it. You want to text all your friends to see what's up. But, reaching for a phone while driving increases your risk of crashing by nine times. So take your thumbs off the cell phone and help keep your friends and family safe.  Allstate is hitting the streets on a 30-city tour this holiday season, to raise

awareness about the dangers of texting while driving. Join us by taking the pledge online and committing to being safer behind the wheel.

Take the pledge and join the cause at:
 http://apps.facebook.com/causes/395301

By joining this cause, you're pledging not to text and drive and helping to save lives. Share your thoughts and stories about texting while driving, or other ideas you have to help make it the Safest Holiday Ever.

For each pledge received, Allstate will donate $1 to NOYS to sponsor safe teen driving efforts.  Click HERE to join the cause and support NOYS - then start telling your friends and spreading the word!
Help us make NOYS for youth traffic safety!

Jordin Sparks is giving safe driving the thumbs up. The American Idol singing sensation added her thumbprint to Thumbs Up for the Safest Holiday Ever pledge banner, promising not to text while driving.The banner is making its way across the country as part of the X the TXT tour, which asks teens and their families to vow to give up this dangerous habit that has claimed lives here in the U.S. Says Jordin: "sending a text isn't worth taking a life."

Anyone who signs the pledge at one of the 30 sites also gets a thumb ring to remind them not to text when they're behind the wheel.

It's time to raise your voice against distracted driving in your community!
Join the 2010 Act Out Loud contest! Create an Act Out Loud team at your school and a great traffic safety project to give your team the opportunity to win a cool video camera and up to $10,000 sponsored by
The Allstate Foundation!

New This Year!

• The first 200 teams to enter will receive $200 to help get their project started.
• The Top 20 teams will have the opportunity to nominate their principal as the "Most Supportive Principal" to win a $5,000 award for their school's traffic safety efforts.
• The Top 20 teams will have an opportunity to nominate their team's adult adviser to win the "Adviser in the Most Supportive Role" award and win a $5,000 cash prize.
• The national organization that has the most entries will win $10,000 to support their national conference.

Get involved now and work together with us to make NOYS during
National Youth Traffic Safety Month, May 2010!

www.actoutloud.org