The California Highway Patrol will offer a free Start Smart traffic safety program for teenage drivers and their parents at 6:30 p.m. Thurs., April 16 at the Moorpark Area CHP office in the Moorpark Police Services Center on Spring Street.

The program aims to help future and newly-licensed teenage drivers learn the responsibilities that accompany the privilege of being a licensed driver.

The program is an education tool for parents and teens to reduce the number of teen injuries and deaths resulting from traffic collisions.

The program provided information on defensive driving, state traffic laws, dynamics of traffic collisions, trips on avoiding collisions and DUI awareness.

Class is limited to the first 25 people. For more information or reservations, call Officer Terry Uhrich at (805) 553-0800.