November 2004 Year 7 Risks on the Road

IntroductionFar too many teenagers get killed/injured on our roads

WHY?

Its never going to happen to me

I’m a good driver

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Fact!Fact!You are not invincible

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Today's LessonWhy teenagers?Risks on the RoadDistractionsBeing Aware

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The four main causes for crashes

InattentionFailure to lookLook but didn’t seeMisjudgement

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Crash Testing

On the real Crash Testing Grounds engineers and technical experts do just what it sounds like: they crash cars. New cars, old cars, expensive cars, sports cars, trucks, vans just about every kind of motor vehicle imaginable.They also experiment with different types of crashes: front-end, rear-end and side, plus incidents where cars and trucks roll over.

During a crash, the car crashes to a stop. At 30 mph, a car hitting an object that is not moving will crumple in about two feet. As the car crushes, it absorbs some of the force of the collision.

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WHAT HAPPENS IN A CAR CRASH? Have you ever wondered what happens

inside a car when it crashes? The people at the Crash Test Lab do. They spend hour after hour measuring, testing and analyzing. They've found that in each car crash there are actually three collisions:

1.    The Car's Collision 2.  The Human Collision 3. The Human Body's Collision

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THE CAR COLLISION

During a crash, the car crashes to a stop. At 30 mph, a car hitting an object that is not moving will crumple in about two feet. As the car crushes, it absorbs some of the force of the collision.

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THE HUMAN COLLISION

The second collision is the "human collision". At the moment of impact, passengers in the car are still traveling at the vehicles original speed. When the car comes to a complete stop the passengers continue to be hurled forward until they come in contact with some part of the car. For example, the steering wheel, the dashboard, the front window or back of the front seat. Humans in a crash can also cause serious injuries to other humans when they collide with each other. People in the front seat of a car are often hit by rear-seat passengers as they fly forward with incredible force.

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THE INTERNAL COLLISION In a crash, even after a human body comes

to a complete stop, its internal organs are still moving. Suddenly, these internal organs slam into other organs or the skeletal system. This "internal collision" is what often causes serious injury or death.

Imagine what happens when someone's head collides with the windshield of a car. After the person stops moving the brain hits the inside of the skull. The result may be only a mild concussion or there could be permanent brain damage.

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Contributing Factors

SpeedingAlcoholDrug useBeing distractedTiredness

TrafficIs the biggest killer of 12 – 16 year olds

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What can you see?

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Fact or Fiction ?Fact :Young MalesAges 17-24,account for 6% of the population but one in five driver deaths…..(show video clip)

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Fact or Fiction?1. Little children are

more likely than me to be injured in a road accident

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Fact or Fiction?2. The most

dangerous age for teenagers is between 12 and 18

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Fact or Fiction?3. Most Young people get knocked down during Winter

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Fact or Fiction?4. Fewer than 10,000 children are killed or injured each year on the roads in the UK

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Answers1. Little children are more likely than me to be injured in a road accident

FALSE – it’s people your age2. The most dangerous age for children is between 12 and 18

TRUE

3. Most children get knocked down during Winter

FALSE – It’s the summer4. Fewer than 10,000 children are killed or injured each year on the

roads in the UK

FALSE – Over 40,0005. People my age are more likely to be abducted than killed in a road

accident

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RisksWhat kind of things can be a risk?What kind of risks are there on the

road?Why do people take risks?How can we prevent people taking

risks?

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The mobile phone

What are the benefits of mobiles?What kind of risks can mobiles

create?Mobile Risks on the road

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Wearing SeatbeltsIn a crash at 30mph, an unrestrained

person is thrown forward with a force equal to 30 to 60 times their own body weight.

15 people in the front of cars are killed each year by rear seat passengers

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November 2004 Year 7 Risks on the Road

Controlling the risk

What could be done to make the roads safer?

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AdvertisingDo you think that

some movies & TV Programmes promote taking risks?

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Here are some of the ways the

government are trying to reduce the

statistics

Advertising

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November 2004 Year 7 Risks on the Road

TV Adverts – Speed Kills

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European Drink-Drive Limits

• Austria BAC 80mg/100ml

• Denmark BAC 80mg/100ml

• Germany BAC 80mg/100ml

• Italy BAC 80mg/100ml

• Spain BAC 80mg/100ml

• France BAC 50mg/100ml

• Netherlands BAC 50mg/100ml

• Sweden BAC 20mg/100ml

• Ireland BAC 80mg/100ml

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TV Adverts – Drink Driving

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November 2004 Year 7 Risks on the Road

November 2004 Year 7 Risks on the Road