© Road Aware Program
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Road
Aware Drivers (15-20 years) is
one of the three key focus age groups in the Program.
For this group, a Keys for Life pre-driver resource
for 15 and 16-year-old students in Years 10, 11 and 12
has been designed, tested and now offered for schools
to implement from 2004.
The course is designed to:
- motivate teenagers to gain supervised
practice as a learner driver
- increase teenagers’ awareness
of the risks associated with driving and promote
positive road-user attitudes and behaviours
- motivate and engage parents about
the importance of supervised practice
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For more information about the Keys
for Life pre-driver resource, contact:
Deb Zines
Ph: 9264 4753
Email: deb.zines@det.wa.edu.au
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Every year in Western Australia more than 647 people aged
between 17 and 25 are either killed or seriously injured
in road crashes.
Factors such as over-confidence, poor hazard perception
skills, inexperience and risk-taking influence road-user
behaviours and outcomes for young people, and reduce young
people’s ability to understand and manage the diversity
and complexity of the road environment.
Issues for teenagers to consider include:
- That they tend to be overconfident
and inexperienced
- That they can reduce their crash
risk by practising more as learner drivers
- Driving under the influence of
alcohol
- Driving at excessive speeds
- Not wearing seat belts
- Driving while tired
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A number of excellent Australian websites
provides resources to challenge students to address these
issues before they become licensed drivers.
- Transport
Injury Fact Sheet
[PDF
Youthsafe]
A sobering list of
statistics and information about road
trauma.
- NOVA:
Science in the News
[Australian
Academy of Science]
Contains many interesting units of work
designed for use with secondary students
that relate specifically to important
road safety issues.
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| Driver Education Resources in the CMIS Resource Bank |
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Possible Learning Area Outcomes
Curriculum Framework |
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| Society & Environment |
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| Science |
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| Phases of Development |
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