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The newsletter discusses the importance of road safety education for youth. It notes that young drivers are more likely to be involved in crashes due to undeveloped decision making skills and increased risk taking behaviors like speeding, drinking and driving, and distracted driving. The leading causes of crashes are identified as speeding, alcohol, fatigue, and distraction. Effective road safety campaigns aim to raise awareness of shared responsibility and eliminate risk taking to achieve the goal of zero road deaths. Tips are provided on safe driving practices like obeying traffic laws, avoiding distractions, and ensuring vehicles are roadworthy.

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Pdhpe Report

The newsletter discusses the importance of road safety education for youth. It notes that young drivers are more likely to be involved in crashes due to undeveloped decision making skills and increased risk taking behaviors like speeding, drinking and driving, and distracted driving. The leading causes of crashes are identified as speeding, alcohol, fatigue, and distraction. Effective road safety campaigns aim to raise awareness of shared responsibility and eliminate risk taking to achieve the goal of zero road deaths. Tips are provided on safe driving practices like obeying traffic laws, avoiding distractions, and ensuring vehicles are roadworthy.

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NEWSLETTE

AIA KELLYVILLE
(02) 8801 3100
https://kellyville.aia.nsw.edu.au/

The Essential Guide for Road


Safety for Youth
It is important for every young person to understand Road rules and the
responsibility they are taking on before they are on the road as that is too late.
Upcoming events To reduce the amount of crashes on our roads it is important to educate the
youth, so they are aware of their role on the road and how to stay safe. The
Footy Colours Day
10.9.20
leading causes of crashes in Australia are speeding, alcohol consumption,
driver fatigue and
School Holiday Open Hours inattention/distraction while
8.30am-3.00pm driving. Most crashes are due
to human error and in order to
School Holidays minimise that we must be
25th Sep aware of how and what to do
on the road. In NSW it is stated
on the government website that
“Car drivers aged under 25 are
the most likely age group to
have a fatal car accident.” Of
those 15% of fatalities
involved males under 25.
Females accounted for just 5%. Here is a graph of just statistics taken from
Victoria.
Not only that but young drivers are also more likely to drink and drive, drive
while fatigued, ignore speed restrictions and own ageing vehicles with poor
crash safety performance. This is because their decision skills are still
developing and at times, they aren’t able to make the correct decisions. Some
causes of car crashes are presented in the table below:

Factor Cause
Driver speeding, violation of rules, failure to understand signs,
fatigue, alcohol, distractions (phone, gps etc)
Pedestrian Jay walking, crossing at the wrong time, carelessness,
illiteracy
Passenger Projecting their body outside vehicle, talking to drivers,
alighting and boarding vehicle from wrong side
travelling on footboards, catching a running bus
Vehicle Faulty parts such as failure of brakes or steering, tire
burst, insufficient headlights, overloading, projecting
loads
Road Conditions Potholes, damaged road, eroded road merging of rural
roads with highways, diversions, damaged road signs
Environment Weather conditions such as fog, snow, heavy rainfall,
windstorms, hailstorms.
There have been many campaigns launched to reduce road carelessness and to
highlight ways to stay safe on the road or even as a passenger or pedestrian.
One of those campaigns is Towards Zero, we have looked at this campaign
briefly in class as we watched an advertisement for it. The aim is very simple
and according to the NSW Government here is what the claim it is: “Towards
Zero takes the approach that everyone should be aware that safety is a shared
responsibility:
The road toll is not just a number, it is real people and could include your family
and friends
We shouldn’t accept that people die on our roads; we should aim for zero road
deaths
All road users have a part to play in aiming to achieve a zero-road toll;
safety is a shared responsibility and we all need to be more aware and avoid risks.”
This campaign has been effective in raising a powerful message and thoughtfully
planning out how to advertise it, as a young person I was struck by their ad and it
defiantly had an impact on me. Lastly here are some ways to stay safe on the road:
• Do not drink and drive.
• Obey the speed limit.
• Do not use cell phones when driving. It is illegal and extremely dangerous
• Ensure the vehicle is in a roadworthy condition.
• Do simple vehicle maintenance and pre-trip inspections.
• Guard against distractions while driving. Set all devices, mirrors and
controls prior to driving.
• Ensure all vehicle occupants wear a seat belt.
• Maintain a safe following distance. Obey the two-second rule.
• Allow yourself to take short breaks when driving long distances. 
• Plan your journey well in advance.

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