LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Students at 62 Michigan high schools are participating in a program that’s designed to make teenagers safer drivers.

They were selected to participate in the peer-led Strive For a Safer Drive program that seeks to reduce traffic crashes involving teens. The program is a partnership between Ford Driving Skills for Life and the Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning.

Locally, some students at Benton Harbor High School in Benton Harbor and Ross Beatty High School in Cassopolis are taking part.

Schools get $1,000 for students to create a traffic safety campaign to educate their classmates about distracted driving, seat belt use, speeding, underage drinking, impaired driving or winter driving. The top five get a cash prize ranging from $500 to $1,500.

Schools also can send students to a free driving clinic with professional instructors.