The Secretary of State's office coordinates presentations for community groups, schools, businesses and other organizations throughout the state on the various programs administered by the office. These presentations are offered free.
Organ Donor Presentations | Traffic Safety Presentations-DUI Awareness Programs | Youth Programs |
Community Services Presentations
Organ Donor Public Awareness
The Secretary of State's office provides information about organ donation, the critical shortage of donated organs and how to become a potential organ donor. A 7-minute video promotes public awareness and encourages viewers to become organ donors. If you would like to schedule an organ donor presentation please call 217-782-6258 or 217-782-4658.
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Traffic Safety Presentations-DUI Awareness Programs
Middle School Traffic Safety/DUI Presentation
Your students are at an age when they are experiencing and trying many new things--new clothes, new friends, and new behaviors. Could alcohol be included in those new behaviors? It is not too early to start talking with these students about drinking and driving and its ramifications.
This presentation provides traffic safety messages on alcohol awareness and drinking and driving, and the importance of wearing safety belts. We want to encourage and reinforce the importance of making responsible choices and the safety implications of those choices. Young people need to know that getting into a car with a driver that has been drinking or doing drugs could be a deadly decision.
A Fatal Vision Goggle demonstration may be included. These goggles simulate what it is like to be impaired by alcohol or other drugs and was designed to teach young people how dangerous it is to drive while impaired. This presentation can be arranged for 6th through 8th grades for either a large school assembly or a classroom presentation.
Teen Drinking and Driving Prevention Presentation
This presentation provides important traffic safety messages that covers the graduated driver licensing system, "Graduate to Safety," the zero tolerance of alcohol law and "Use It & Lose It." A Fatal Vision Goggle demonstration may be included. These goggles simulate what it is like to be impaired by alcohol or other drugs and was designed to teach teens and adults about how dangerous it is to drive while impaired. This presentation can be arranged for 9th through 12th grade for either a large school assembly or a classroom. A crash victim/offender may also be available in your area to work with our staff. This person would share his/her personal experience about an alcohol-related crash.
Adult Traffic Safety Presentation
This presentation is a comprehensive interactive program explaining the Illinois traffic safety laws. DUI and impaired driving are defined and participants are given insights on the driver licensing system and moving violations and how they affect driving records. A Fatal Vision Goggle demonstration may be used, and an arrest procedure and field sobriety test covered if time and location permit. Numerous other topics may also be covered such as, fake ID's, parental responsibility, teen driving, supervision versus revocation, aggressive driving, distracted driving, sharing the road and organ donation.
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Youth Programs
Bicycle Skills Course
This is an instruction manual that explains the setup and operation of a Bicycle Skills Course. The skills course is a series of tests allowing riders to demonstrate their bicycle riding skills, thus creating a greater awareness of bicycle laws and the importance of defensive cycling and safe bicycling habits. The course is designed to be operated by the sponsoring group alone, with support from the Secretary of States Office.
Toby Tire School Bus Safety Presentation
This program delivers the message of school bus safety to Kindergarten through third grade children. This presentation provides children with safety tips for boarding, riding and exiting the school bus safely. A six-minute animated videotoon featuring Toby Tire called Giant Steps to School Bus Safety may be shown. This program generally lasts for one half-hour. Presentations may feature the Toby Tire Robot depending on availability and location.
Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Presentation
This program provides a presentation that covers Bicycle Rules of the Road, bicycle helmet use, safe bicycling habits, pedestrian safety and the importance of using safety belts or child booster seats. This program is designed for Kindergarten through third grades and generally lasts for one half-hour. Toby Tire, a fully animated robot, may also deliver important bicycle and pedestrian safety messages depending on availability and location.
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Community Services Presentations
Overview of the Office Speech
Explains Secretary of State programs and services. This presentation can be tailored to cover programs specifically impacting seniors, persons with disabilities or veterans.
Rules of the Road Review Course
The Rules of the Road Review Course is designed to give drivers - especially senior citizens and persons with disabilities - the knowledge and confidence needed to renew or obtain a driver's license. The review course combines an explanation of the driving exam with a practice written exam.
Find a Rules of the Road Review Course in your area.
Super Seniors
Super Seniors is a convenient and voluntary program for driver's license renewal, which includes Rules of the Road classroom instruction, and a vision-screening exam. The Rules of the Road Review Course also includes a review of safe driving techniques and Illinois driving laws. Following the course, participants may take the vision-screening exam required to obtain or renew a driver's license. This vision screening is valid for up to 90 days for driver's license renewal.
A Secretary of State Mobile Driver Services Unit will be available for participants to renew their driver's licenses. An identification card can be obtained for $20.00; however, if you are age 65 and older you may obtain a free, non-expiring State of Illinois photo ID card. Drivers age 75 and older are required to take a driving test to renew their driver's licenses; therefore they must visit a Secretary of State Driver Services facility.
View the upcoming Super Seniors events.
If your organization would like to receive further information on a Secretary of State Rules of Road Review, Super Senior or Overview presentation or wants to schedule a speaker for your event, you may call 217-785-1440, TTY 888-261-5238 or write to The Secretary of State, Driver Services Department, 2701 S. Dirksen Parkway, Springfield, IL 62723.
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