You in the Driver Seat

Texas A&M Transportation Institute

About this app

The You In The Driver Seat App is designed to incentivize safe driving by emphasizing the fact that Responsibility has its Rewards. The app will provide a driving score for each trip, and points will be earned for all safe trips that are conducted without a distraction or excessive speeding. Points can be redeemed for gift cards once users achieve certain point levels, and random gifts will also be awarded to users that accumulate assorted achievement levels and badges.

Rewarding youth for good driving behavior.

The Teens In The Driver Seat (TDS) and U in the Driver Seat (UDS) programs are aimed at educating teens about their five most dangerous driving risks, including distracted driving. About 2,800 U.S. teens die each year in car crashes; that’s the equivalent of a school bus loaded with teenagers crashing once every week for an entire year. In Texas alone, fatal crashes involving drivers aged 15 to 17 have dropped nearly 70% since the program’s inception—due, at least in part, to this program’s statewide outreach. With partners like Union Pacific, State Farm and others, the programs have spread beyond the borders of the Lone Star State and now reached some 1,400 schools and 1.5 million teens nationwide.

Now, we need your help to make our program even more effective. Download the app today and begin enjoying the rewards associated with safe and responsible.

Ratings and reviews

I love the idea but it doesn't work well on my phone. I drove 21 miles and it didn't track a single second of it. I checked the app rebooted it and left it open on my return trip and nothing changed. Today I drove seven miles and the app is saying it was too short of a trip to be scored. I've followed all the instructions and I'm starting to get kind of annoyed with it, please assist.

Horrible experience even though in barely making an account. It keeps saying my confirmation password doesn't match the first password! I've given up. It's not worth it for like a $2 gift card. I also heard that it drains your battery

It's good to use and I like ranking up points.

What's new

- Reward updated to mark that you will continue to receive rewards after you reach the 5 star level for every 5000 more points.
- Updates for sponsors
- Small bug and stability improvements