Too Young to Die

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Too Young to Die

• Information for MacKillop students on staying
  safe on our roads
• Responsibility not a
• Right
• Unit (Part 2) Wellbeing

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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.
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How safe do you feel in cars, compared to other
types of transport?
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
As discussed earlier in this unit, youre much
more likely to die in a car or on a motorbike
than on trains, buses, planes or ferries
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What types of driver do you think are most likely
to crash and why?
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Young people the stats
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One Peer Passenger- Red PsThe reasons behind
the rule!
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Speed
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Young drivers, especially young male drivers, are
much more likely to kill themselves and others in
road crashes, compared to older drivers
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What influences the way young people drive?
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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 youre getting
a lift with mates? if youre driving with
your mates in the car?
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What are the consequences of dangerous driving?

• Higher insurance costs stay crash free and
  youll save hundreds
• Fines for speeding, for dangerous driving, and
  for causing death by dangerous driving
• Human consequences family and friends

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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

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What are THE WORST POSSIBLE consequences of
dangerous driving?

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

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Jacqueline SaburidoConsequences of drink driving

• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vej_2uT7D8yI
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vY5-bz3GVNtc

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• Thinking about the Jacquelines story, discuss
• What effects do injuries have on families and
  communities?
• What effects do serious injuries have on the
  victims lives?
• How do you think a death on the road affects the
  person that caused it (and their family)?

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

• 1) Never drive on drink or drugs
• 2) Stay within speed limits
• 3) Always belt up

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Reflection

• I went to a party,
• And  remembered what you said.
• You told me not to drink, Mum
• So 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, Mum
• Something  I expected least.
• Now  I'm lying on the pavement,

• And  I hear the policeman say,
• The  kid that caused this wreck was
• drunk,
• 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 was
• drunk,
• 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.

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Reflection continued

• So why do people do it, Mum
• Knowing 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, Mum
• I'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)

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Haunted TAC commercial

• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vW2DJujd_ENU
• Do these advertisements work do they change a
  young persons behaviour??? Why / Why not
  discuss.

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• THE FACTS - how different drugs impair your
  driving

• Cant 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

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

The smart choice never drive on drugs If you
take drugs regularly, dont own a car you could
be impaired all the time
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The drink/drug drive dilemma

• Youve been in the city drinking.
• Your mate was meant to stay off the booze and
  drive you all home.
• Youve seen him have at least a couple of beers
  and he shared a joint earlier.
• He reckons hes stone-cold sober.
• Your other mates are already waiting in the car.
• Youre short on cash for a taxi.
• Youre pretty drunk yourself and not really
  thinking straight, but you need to make a quick
  decision.

What do you do?
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• 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 whats round the corner however
  well you know the road

The smart choice slow right down for bends and
in bad weather
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• Q When is it ok to overtake?

• A Only when youre 100 sure you can do so
  safely without speeding

The smart choice avoid overtaking unless
essential hang back and relax!
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Pledge to Drive Safely BELT UP

• DISCUSS In what situations are you least likely
  to belt up?
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vTc7_z4CH-iM
• (Ad from Victoria in the 1970s)
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vjyYTPRX1CCQ
• TAC ad 1991.

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

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

• Youre getting a lift with some mates.
• You get in the back and go to do your seat belt
  up, but its jammed down the back of the seat.
• You cant pull it out without lifting up the
  whole of the back seat, which your mate is
  sitting on.
• Hes looking at you as if to say what are you
  doing?
• The car starts to drive off.
• Youre not going far.

• What do you do?

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