Teen Vogue and Toyota partner on safe driving campaign to help educate and empower teenage girls

In conjunction with Distracted Driving Awareness Month in April, Teen Vogue and Toyota announced 'Arrive in Style', a safe driving campaign to raise awareness of the dangers of distracted driving among teenage girls and inspire them to make a mutual commitment
with their mothers to drive safely.

While cars today are safer than ever, automobile crashes are the leading cause of death for teenagers. In 2010 seven teens between the ages of 16 and 19 died every day on average from motor vehicle injuries.*

"We are thrilled to partner with Toyota on this important initiative. When we saw the scary statistics around distracted driving, we knew this was a cause worth taking on," said Jason Wagenheim, Teen Vogue Vice-President and Publisher. "Teen Vogue's influential young readers are the perfect ambassadors not only to participate in this initiative, but also to help build awareness and educate their peer groups on the importance of driver safety. Toyota, with the success of their ongoing work in this arena, is the ideal partner."

"Teen Vogue really shares our commitment to help keep teens safe, and with their reach and readership they've been a great partner to help amplify our longstanding efforts to empower teen girls to be safer drivers," said Marjorie Schussel, Corporate Manager of Corporate Marketing for Toyota Motor North America (TMA).  "We also are excited to involve moms since our approach to teen safety has always included outreach to parents as well."

The 'Arrive in Style' campaign - developed in partnership by Teen Vogue, Toyota Motor North America and their ad agency of record, Dentsu America - launches this week and includes print, digital and social media elements that will run through February 2014. Kicking off with the May print edition of Teen Vogue, which hits stands this week, monthly advertorials will feature helpful tips and advice from Toyota on different safe driving topics. The campaign will also include stories and online videos of Teen Vogue readers and their mothers about their commitment to driving safely, underscoring the special roles that mothers and daughters play in inspiring each other.

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