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Safety is the focus for young ACT drivers


Safety is the focus for young ACT drivers

Author: NRMA MediaDate: 15 October 2010

Lanyon High School and Wanniassa School's Senior Campus will each receive a $1,000 NRMA Safer Driving School Road Safety Grant today for projects to help young drivers stay safe.

Lanyon High School will use their grant for an in-school education program and support for ACT students to attend the Youth and Trauma Forum in Sydney. The annual forum exposes students to real-life situations and the consequences of poor decisions made on the road.

Wanniassa Campus will use their grant for a student program that shows how drugs and alcohol can harm driving performance. The Senior Campus will purchase 'fatal vision goggles' which accurately simulate the visual impairment caused by drugs and alcohol.

NRMA Director Alan Evans said the information and training made available to teenagers learning to drive would help to keep them alive on the roads.

"Young people often think they are invincible and there is a great need to raise the awareness of the dangers they put themselves and other road users in," Mr Evans said.

"NRMA is proud to support such important road safety initiatives."

NRMA's Safer Driving School Road Safety Grants help communities tackle local road safety issues. This year the NRMA has awarded $100,000 in grants to 40 community-based organisations for innovative road safety programs that address issues such as safer cycling and road safety for people with a vision impairment and those who are deaf.

The NRMA has funded more than 200 initiatives since 2001. For a complete list of this year's successful applications visit www.mynrma.com.au/grants.

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