Brad Bays, a Sandusky High School educator and driver training instructor, was recently recognized by the Governor’s Traffic Safety Advisory Commission (GTSAC) for his dedication to driver education in the school district.
Bays was presented with an Outstanding Achievement Award on Wednesday, March 13, during the GTSAC Awards ceremony as part of the 27th annual Michigan Traffic Safety Summit. The GTSAC honors organizations, programs and individuals for distinguished involvement in traffic safety.
Bays, who has taught driver education to Sandusky High School students since 2012, operates his own driving school. The high school has been taking on traffic safety initiatives for several years, with Bays providing oversight for students as they participated in the “Strive for a Safer Drive” (S4SD) competition.
In addition to creating a distracted driving campaign and accompanying video for the competition, part of the campaign gave students the opportunity to use driving simulators provided by Covenant Health System to experience what it was like to be a distracted driver. Students wrapped up the campaign with a 50/50 raffle and donated the proceeds to The Chief Dave Hall First Responders’ Fund, which brings education and training to first responders in the Sanilac County community.
Congratulations to Mr. Bays for his award!
