The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit wants to make sure parents have all the tools they need to help teach their teens how to drive.
It's a lot more than just finding a good driving school, according to Anne Marie Hays, President of Teens Learn to Drive.
She says parents need to take a much more active role these days - especially with the recent legalization of marijuana.
"What we hear again and again from teenagers is 'oh, but I'm a better driver when I'm high because I'm more focused.' "
Hayes says what some teens believe about the effects of marijuana and driving is terrifying.
"We also hear from teenagers all the time that teens who would never get in a car with somebody who was drinking, will get in a car with somebody who is high because they see it as a better choice."
When a child is learning to drive, Hayes says it's not a parent's job to be their kid's friend.
"Driving is serious business, I mean the car is essentially 3,000 pounds of metal and gasoline — it's a bomb on wheels. We don't like to think of it that way, but that's what it is," she says.
The second of two free events is being held Wednesday evening at The Safety Village in Forest Glade.
Parents are required to pre-register at parent-event-ntdsw.eventbrite.ca.