Driving and Drivers

A minimum of two approved adult volunteers (age 21 or older) must chaperone all offsite officially scheduled events. At least one volunteer must be a primary volunteer with the group traveling offsite (i.e. Youth advisor for YRUU events; Children’s Small Group Leader for Children’s  events; etc.) Any person planning to drive youth to an offsite event must be an Approved Driver. Approved Drivers are required to: 

a. Complete a Leader Agreement (attached #1) and Code of Ethics (attached #2)

  b. Submit to a background check 

d. Show proof of a valid driver’s license, and proof of current insurance covering injury and loss of life in their vehicle and other involved vehicles should there be an accident. 

e. Have a good driving record 

The minimum adult-to-youth ratio for car transportation will be no less than 1:7. If the group size requires only one vehicle, two approved adults must travel in that vehicle. If the trip requires two or more vehicles, only one Approved Driver (serving as the driver) is required in the vehicle, up to a maximum of 7 youth per one adult driver, as long as vehicles have come to an agreement about how to stay in touch. If two or more vehicles are not traveling together in communication, but are instead traveling essentially on their own, two approved adults must travel in each vehicle. 

Ten or fifteen passenger vehicles require two approved adults to travel in the vehicle, one of which must be an Approved Driver (serving as the driver). For trips longer than 5 hour or 350 miles away, both adults must be Approved Drivers, so that no single driver will have to drive for too many hours before getting a break. 

When youth are carpooling to the event location, transportation will be a personal decision between parents and not subject to FUUC policies.