1. Road Safety Presentation

2.  Name  Company

3.  Short Theory Test  Candidates Name  Candidates Contact Number

4.  How do you gain a licence?  What does passing your Driving Test give you?  Freedom  Employment Opportunities

5.  6+ penalty points in first 2 years after passing your Driving Test = Lost Licence!  What is the knock on effect? (discuss)  How do you get penalty points? (examples)

6.  1 in 5 new drivers (20%) will have a crash within 6 months of passing their driving test  Why do you think this is the case? (discuss)  Of the reasons, put them into one of the following 3 contributing factors: 1. Driver 2. Car 3. Road

7.  Poorer Ability to spot hazards  This will improve with experience  Overloaded Mentality  A new skill always takes time to master  Poorer attitude to driving  Peer pressure can play a big part

8.  The risk of a crash increases by:  39% with 1 passenger*  85% with 2 passengers*  182% with 3+ passengers*  Why do you think this is the case? (discuss) * Williams (2000)

9.  What makes you feel safe as:  A Driver?  A Passenger?  What makes people disregard this?  What would you do if you felt uncomfortable with:  A parent’s driving style?  A friend’s driving style?

10.  It’s a Friday evening in February, you and 2 friends have decided to head into town to a nightclub. You arrange to meet up with a third friend in a local pub before heading into the town centre. The journey will take around 30 minutes each way. You are the designated driver and intend to return home.  What potential risks are involved for the driver and passengers?  How could these risks be reduced?

11.  The weather is torrential rain and a blocked drain is causing excess water to run across the carriageway (60mph limit). 2 teenage friends are travelling in the car together and the driver is not speeding. On hitting the excess run-off water, the car aqua- planed and collided head on with a car travelling in the opposite direction. Both teenagers, who were not wearing seatbelts, were subsequently thrown from the vehicle and died at the scene. Tests later showed one of the tyres to be below the legal limit. The area is known locally to become dangerous during heavy rain.  Could the crash have been prevented?

12. ....was based on actual events  2 teenage friends did lose their lives

13.  What can the BTEC do for you?  An extra Qualification for your CV  Insurance savings with 2 major insurers (at a time when Insurance is very high for new drivers)  Highly qualified Assessor’s / Instructors  Additional skills to the Driving Test: Motorway Driving Vehicle checks

14.  What have you learned from today’s session?  What makes a safe driver?  How do you deal with peer pressure?

15.  Thank you for taking part!