Car accidents are killing youth in America every day. How can this and the importance of safe driving be communicated effectively to the age group?
2006-06-28 06:56:46 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Safety
I've answered questions similar to this and got best answer several times.
An effective way to emphasize the importance of safe driving may be to: Get a cop to come to your speech. Have him/her call a volunteer from the audience. Have the volunteer sit in a chair facing the audience and be sure there is some object behind the volunteer and slightly to one side or the other.
The officer will draw his/her wepon and aim it at the target located behind the volunteer 12" to one side. This illustrates how close we drive to other vehicles. This is a representation of how a small mistake could have potentially fatal concequences.
You could add a little humor by having the officer squirt the subject with a squirt gun, etc. Of course I am not recommending that you have a real gun pointed at the volunteer.
Search yahoo answers for more ideas.
P.S. I still remember this illustration from driver's ed, which was about 6 years ago.
2006-06-28 07:08:45 · answer #1 · answered by Adam the Engineer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Figure out a couple of things.
1. The "it can't happen to me" syndrome.
2. The "this is fun lets go faster" syndrome.
3. The "Game Boy physics" syndrome.
This a hard group to teach anything to without having them experience the pain. They are young, they are strong, they are stubborn, and what their friends think of them is all that counts.
They have no clue as to the physics involved in riding in a two ton object at 70 mph, and are surprised when they have an accident.
My guess is that knowing the rules of physics, like how much of a tire is really on the ground at high speeds, where the center og gravity is in different vehicles, the reaction times, the braking distances, etc. If they got this information in a format that would not challenge their short attention spans maybe more of them will be around to support me in my old age.
2006-06-28 07:13:13 · answer #2 · answered by yes_its_me 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no way
They or most of them will only listen but They always have to find out for themselves
And sometimes thats too bad,someone always gets hurt..
We just lost 4 young girls up here for being unexperienced and nervous
I think the law should be changed to 21 for a drivers license
Or better yet if you get 1 ticket before 21 than you loose your license til your 21
Even though this will not change the death rate
There is just way too much traffic these days
I consider any child under 20 still a baby or someones baby
2006-06-28 07:04:09 · answer #3 · answered by Vulcan 1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make mandatory visits to the morgue to view traffic accident victims a requirement for a license. Make driver license fees VERY high for people with poor driving records. Require REAL driving tests for a license - like motorcycle licenses - rather than the walk through tests no used.
2006-06-28 07:09:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A trip to the morgue.
It could actually be a good thing out of tradegy. I think the authorities would have to get parental consent, or teen drivers could have a note on their licence like organ donors do saying, " In case of fatal accident, OK to show my dead body to other teens"
2006-07-10 18:33:48 · answer #5 · answered by Pepe LePeu 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take them to the county morgue......let them see some accident victims for themselves.....if that is possible....I know this sounds horrible but when I joined the fire service it was a rude awakening for me and it worked.....let them talk to someone who has been in a horrible accident.....try and find some videos on traffic safety.....state drivers school would be a good place to start on safety videos.
2006-07-01 17:39:45 · answer #6 · answered by Rescue76 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
how about going to police or firestation and letting them talk about the wrecks they've been too im sure they have pics. of the wrecks and many times they have trips to the morgue where they will show a person that has been in an accident . a little harsh maybe but you sometimes have to be with teenagers.
2006-06-28 07:06:58 · answer #7 · answered by tiky t 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I was in high school I had to watch a movie called "Signal 30" It was graphic about fatal car accidents in Ohio (I think it was Ohio). It made a difference for me.
In this country I think we are too "assembly line" oriented about giving driving PRIVILEGES to teens
2006-07-11 15:55:58 · answer #8 · answered by badbob5424@sbcglobal.net 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well if your thinking drunk driving, just say this. Here in the USA we're given many chances to be the perfect driver. In Europe you get caught drunk driving, you don't just go to jail and get your liscience suspened for a few years, it gets taken away for life.
2006-07-11 19:19:19 · answer #9 · answered by Bubbles 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put them in a room and let them watch a whole day of car crashing. Maybe some people will ignore it but behind their membrane it will stay
2006-07-11 22:51:19 · answer #10 · answered by jeywan 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋