Nick Jarmusz – AAA

Nick Jarmusz serves as a Community Outreach and Safety Representative for AAA Chicago. In this role, he is responsible for the coordination of events, partnerships and special projects across Illinois and northern Indiana, focusing on traffic safety issues that affect the most vulnerable road users. Jarmusz represents AAA Chicago on various committees and task forces, including the Board of Directors for the Illinois Traffic Safety Leaders, the Northeastern Illinois Safe Routes to School Network and numerous SafeKids chapters and coalitions across Illinois and Indiana. He is also a certified child safety seat technician, and has serves as a judge for the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police Traffic Safety Challenge. Nick will present two workshops on behalf of AAA. “Dare to Prepare” is a presentation for parents of soon-to-be-teen drivers that reviews the state’s Graduated Licensing Laws and offers an explanation of the statistics behind those laws. He will also offer a variety of strategies and resources for parents to guide their teen through the learning-to-drive process. “One Simple Decision” is a program for teens that explores the dangers of texting-while-driving. Using a state of the art simulator, Nick will show teens just how much the seemingly simple and routine use of your phone can drastically impair your driving abilities.