DCH Auto Group Dealerships and SADD Hosting Teen Safe Driving Event, Outdoor Movie Night

May 18, 2010 - PRLog -- May is an important time for teens to be focused on driving safety. With prom, graduation, and summer trips just ahead, the potential for traffic-related deaths and injuries that involve young drivers and passengers increases alarmingly.  The Department of Transportation says traffic crashes are the leading killer of teens, with more than 5,000 dying annually. That’s why DCH Auto Group dealerships in Oxnard, SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions) and other DCH Auto Group dealerships in New Jersey, New York and Connecticut are hosting events all month long to educate teens about safe driving habits.

“We’re really excited about this event,” said Randall Holt, Parts and Service Manager for DCH Toyota of Oxnard.  “It’s a fun and free way to get young people educated about driving safety.”

DCH Auto Group is committed to helping teens drive safely with its Mindless Driving. Keep It Out Of Cars® initiative, an exclusive, long term, teen-focused, driving-safety community outreach program.  The focus is to keep “it”—as in, mindless driving—out of our teenagers’ cars. This means not driving distracted, driving recklessly, or driving under the influence, to name a few.

The cornerstone of the program is the company’s affiliation with SADD.  DCH Auto Group is the exclusive automotive dealer sponsor of SADD in New Jersey, southern New York, Fairfield, Connecticut, and southern California, where the company owns and operates a wide array of car dealerships.

The event will be held at DCH Honda of Oxnard’s lot (1500 East Ventura Blvd., Oxnard) and will kick off at 6:00 PM with safe driving demonstrations, activities, food, fun, music, prizes and much more.  After sunset, around 8:00 PM, the movie will begin.  Attendees are encouraged to bring chairs and blankets for watching the outdoor movie screen.  Ventura County local backyard movie party provider and partner, Pyramid Pyro, is providing the outdoor movie screen rental and outside video projector for this event. http://www.pyramidpyro.com

For more information about the event, or to become a sponsor, please contact Barbara Kokkinis (805) 988-8500, Colleen Fairman (805) 973-1000, Dave Rudolph (805) 973-1000, Michael Powell (805) 526-7500 or Randall Holt (805) 988-2300.

DCH Auto Group dealerships participating at this event include: DCH Honda of Oxnard; DCH Lexus of Oxnard; DCH Toyota of Oxnard; and DCH Toyota of Simi Valley.  http://www.hondaofoxnard.com

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Headquartered in South Amboy, NJ, DCH Auto Group comprises 27 auto dealerships in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut and Southern California from Oxnard to San Diego, featuring a full line of new and pre-owned vehicles. The company is highly invested in principles for success that value customers and employees. DCH Auto is committed to giving back to the communities in which its dealerships operate and employees and customesr live. The company is dedicated to its teen safe driver program, “Mindless Driving. Keep It Out Of Cars,” and is a sponsor of Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD). For more information, please visit www.DCHAuto.com.