Too Young to Die

Information for MacKillop students on staying safe on our roads

“Responsibility not a Right”

Unit (Part 2) Wellbeing

How many people do you think are involved in road crashes EVERY DAY in Victoria?

Number of deaths in 2009? 291

Number of serious injuries (including brain damage, paralysis, limb loss) See handout – Wyndham statistics – discuss

Number of slight injuries ?

Many of those killed and injured are people your age.Road crashes are the biggest killer of 18-25 year-olds.

How safe do you feel in cars, compared to other types of transport?

As discussed earlier in this unit, you’re much more likely to die in a car or on a motorbike than on trains, buses, planes or ferries

2.5 deaths per billion km travelled

0.2 deaths per billion km travelled

0.4 deaths per billion km travelled

105 deaths per billion km travelled

Less than 0.01 deaths per billion km travelled

Less than 0.01 deaths per billion km travelled

What types of driver do you think are most likely to crash and why?

Young people – the stat’s

One Peer Passenger- Red P’sThe reasons behind the rule!

Speed

Young drivers, especially young male drivers, are much more likely to kill themselves and others in road crashes, compared to older drivers

What influences the way young people drive?

FACT: Young drivers are more likely to crash if they have their mates in the car

Why do you think that is?

How can you look out for your own and your mates’ safety…… if you’re getting a lift with mates?

… if you’re driving with your mates in the car?

What are the consequences of dangerous driving?

• Higher insurance costs – stay crash free and you’ll save hundreds

• Fines – for speeding, for dangerous driving, and for causing death by dangerous driving

• Human consequences – family and friends

What are the consequences of dangerous driving?

• Losing your licence can have a big impact on your daily life• Lots of jobs require an infringement free driving record• Money you spend on learning to drive and getting a car will be

wasted

What are THE WORST POSSIBLE consequences of dangerous driving?

• Life-changing injury (to you or someone else)

• Death (to you or someone else)

Jacqueline SaburidoConsequences of drink driving

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ej_2uT7D8yI

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5-bz3GVNtc

Thinking about the Jacqueline’s story, discuss:

• What effects do injuries have on families and communities?

• What effects do serious injuries have on the victim’s lives?

• How do you think a death on the road affects the person that caused it (and their family)?

What can you do to be safe behind the wheel (and as a passenger)?

1) Never drive on drink or drugs

2) Stay within speed limits

3) Always belt up

THE BIG THREE:

ReflectionI went to a party,And  remembered what you said.You told me not to drink, MumSo I had a sprite instead.I  felt proud of myself,The  way you said I would,That  I didn't drink and drive,Though  some friends said I should.I  made a healthy choice,And  your advice to me was right,The  party finally ended,And  the kids drove out of sight.I  got into my car,Sure  to get home in one piece,I  never knew what was coming, MumSomething  I expected least.Now  I'm lying on the pavement,

And  I hear the policeman say,The  kid that caused this wreck wasdrunk,Mum,  his voice seems far away.My own blood's all around me,As  I try hard not to cry.The  kid that caused this wreck wasdrunk,Mum,  his voice seems far away.My own blood's all around me,As  I try hard not to cry.I can hear the paramedic say,This  girl is going to die.I'm  sure the guy had no idea,While  he was flying high,Because  he chose to drink and drive,Now  I would have to die.

Reflection continuedSo why do people do it, MumKnowing that it ruins lives?And now the pain is cutting me,Like  a hundred stabbing knives.Someone should have taught him,That  it's wrong to drink and  drive.Maybe if his parents had,I'd  still be alive.My breath is getting shorter, MumI'm getting really scared.These are my final moments,And  I'm so unprepared.I wish that you could hold me Mum,As  I lie here and die.I wish that I could say, 'I love you,Mum!‘So I love you and good-bye.

MADD  (Mothers Against Drunk Drivers)

Haunted – TAC commercial

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2DJujd_ENU

• Do these advertisements work – do they change a young persons behaviour??? Why / Why not – discuss.

THE FACTS - how different drugs impair your driving

The smart choice: never drive on drugs If you take drugs regularly, don’t own a car – you could be impaired all the time

• Slow reactions• Poor co-ordination• One joint can affect you for 4 hours

• Can’t judge speed or distance• Extreme emotions like paranoia • Effects can last 12 hours, tiredness for days

• Over-confident• Likely to take risks • Intense effects last 1 hour, after effects longer

The drink/drug drive dilemma

• You’ve been in the city drinking.• Your mate was meant to stay off

the booze and drive you all home.• You’ve seen him have at least a

couple of beers and he shared a joint earlier.

• He reckons he’s stone-cold sober.• Your other mates are already

waiting in the car.• You’re short on cash for a taxi.• You’re pretty drunk yourself and

not really thinking straight, but you need to make a quick decision. What do you do?

THE FACTS – speed on

rural roads

• Drivers are most likely to kill themselves on rural roads – often by taking bends too fast or overtaking dangerously

• You never know what’s round the corner – however well you know the road

The smart choice: slow right down for bends and in bad weather

Q: When is it ok to overtake?

A: Only when you’re 100% sure you can do so safely without speeding

The smart choice: avoid overtaking unless essential – hang back and relax!

Pledge to Drive Safely – BELT UP

DISCUSS: In what situations are you least likely to belt up?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc7_z4CH-iM(Ad from Victoria in the 1970’s)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyYTPRX1CCQTAC ad 1991.

The smart choice: always belt up front and back – and in taxis too. It takes three seconds!

• In the back?• In taxis?• When all your mates are in the car?• On short journeys?

The seat belt dilemma

• You’re getting a lift with some mates.

• You get in the back and go to do your seat belt up, but it’s jammed down the back of the seat.

• You can’t pull it out without lifting up the whole of the back seat, which your mate is sitting on.

• He’s looking at you as if to say ‘what are you doing?’

• The car starts to drive off.

• You’re not going far. What do you do?