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RAC WA ‘bstreetsmart’ Event Educates Young, Distracted Drivers In Perth

The 2014 ‘bstreetsmart’ road safety event has been declared a success by Western Australia’s peak motoring group, the RAC. More than 6000 students from Years 10, 11 and 12 witnessed the event, aimed at raising awareness of the dangers


The 2014 ‘bstreetsmart’ road safety event has been declared a success by Western Australia’s peak motoring group, the RAC.

More than 6000 students from Years 10, 11 and 12 witnessed the event, aimed at raising awareness of the dangers of distraction behind the wheel for young drivers.

The RAC combined with WA Police, Royal Perth Hospital, the Department of Fire and Emergency Services and St John Ambulance to stage the event last week.

Perth on July 1.

The second running of bstreetsmart is aimed squarely at young drivers from rural areas, who are also over-represented in collision statistics.

“Twenty-two percent of Western Australia’s population lives in rural areas, yet they account for 45 percent of road fatalities,” Mr Golsby said.

“Incidences involving drivers from the ‘wheat belt’ are four times higher than the state average. There were 162 fatalities in WA last year, around one death for every two days, which is higher than the national average.”

Mr Golsby said students who participated in this year’s event were surveyed, enabling the RAC to gauge the event’s success, and students were encouraged to share their thoughts via social media.

“We has 2500 student in the first year, 5000 last year, and 6300 this year,” Mr Golsby said.

“The event was quite confrontational, and included speakers who had been involved in road trauma speaking about how it happened and how it affected their lives.”

The bstreetsmart event is scheduled to return in 2015.

 

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