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Founder of Lutzy 43 Foundation urges Cobb County schools to host free safe-driving summits
Summary
Mike Lutzenkirchen, founder of the Lutzy 43 Foundation, told the Smart Justice Works podcast his nonprofit has run multiagency safe-driving summits for teenagers and awarded more than $565,000 in scholarships; he urged Cobb County schools to host free 5-hour summits that include trauma reenactments and truck demonstrations to reduce DUI and distracted-driving deaths.
Mike Lutzenkirchen, founder of the Lutzy 43 Foundation, described on the Smart Justice Works podcast how his son Philip—s 2014 traffic crash inspired a statewide effort to reduce roadway fatalities and urged Cobb County schools to host the foundation—s free safe-driving summits.
Lutzenkirchen told host Mackie Metzger, a Cobb County prosecutor, that Philip—s crash —a single split-second decision— left him dead and that the foundation—s "43 Key Seconds" program uses the story to persuade teenagers to make safer driving choices. "Mistake took my son's life," Lutzenkirchen said as he recounted the crash and its aftermath.
The foundation runs 5-hour summits built for high-school audiences that pair subject-matter…
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