News Footage Mock Crash Dion Prater Accident

this was provided to me by Central Television thankyou http://au.youtube.com/user/scbnetwork

A Lot of teenagers can't handle my views about teenage drivers I say DEAL WITH IT

All too often the community suffers, not just the families of the victims, the cops, the firies, the ambos, and also the funeral directors see this sort of sceneario all too often.

Road crashes reported to the South Australian Police are compiled and maintained by Transport SA. They are used to provide statistics to analyse current road safety programs and to assist in developing new road safety initiatives.
The number of young drivers killed or seriously injured in road crashes is a serious problem in all states of Australia. Young people aged 16 to 25 make up 13% of Australia's population but account for nearly 25% of road deaths.

Young drivers exhibit certain attributes that contribute to their higher risk of road crashes. These include: * Lack of experience * Risk taking behaviour * The use of older vehicles with less safety features * Speeding * Peer pressure
Findings * Young drivers aged 16 to 20 had the highest rate of all age groups at 150 casualties per 100,000 population (3 to 4 times higher than some) * Drivers aged 21 to 25 had the second highest rate at 119 casualties per 100,000 population.

Why, when and where did they die?
On average between 1999-2003, for drivers in the 16-25 year age group who were killed or seriously injured: * 38% of drivers who were killed had a Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) of .05 or above and 23% of drivers seriously injured recorded a BAC of .05 or above * 13% were not wearing a seat belt * 54% occurred on Friday, Saturday or Sunday * 24% occurred between 4-5pm, 6-8pm or 12-1am * 53% were on country roads and 42% on roads signposted as 100km/h or 110km/h * 63% were male.

What types of cars were involved?
Australian research found: * Young drivers often drive older, cheaper vehicles that are likely to have fewer safety features than newer vehicles * most young drivers involved in fatal crashes were driving fairly ordinary cars * very few were driving high performance vehicles.

Night driving
Young drivers are more likely to drive at night and on weekends than older drivers. * 55% of young drivers aged 16-25 are killed or seriously injured in crashes that occur during the night compared with 37% of other drivers * Nearly 40% of young driver serious casualties occurred on the weekend, compared with 30% for other drivers.

Driving at night has unique hazards and requires more developed skills. All drivers have an elevated crash risk at night. This is greater for younger drivers because of lack of experience and higher involvement in risk taking.

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[MrCommonSense100]

a cardboard box coffin....what are they trying to scare pre schoolers?! How pathetic take those retards to a god damned morgue with some kids in it that got killed by acting like idiots in cars THEN we will see if their asses try to show off.

[mumandtwins]

@MrCommonSense100 while I agree teenagers need a reality check and that taking learner drivers to a morgue to show them what could happen as a result of stupidity on the road the logistics of that will not happen, not in a small country town, I find your name calling quite offensive, in this case MY SON was not acting like idiot driver,

[bradyjordan]

man the person talking sounds so messed up and is fuccking whorish

[mumandtwins]

@bradyjordan and your written language is not much better

[tkoizumi]

Why are they wasting tax payers money for this? To scare kids with a death note? Just teach kids to be responsible from the get go.

[mumandtwins]

@tkoizumi it raises awareness simple as that and it goes a long way to teaching young drivers to be responsible

[th3king123]

@tkoizumi so u rather kids getting killed this teaches kids how to drive better and to watch were there driving and u just care abt the money u got a cold heart

[CirrusLX]

@kkly27 we dont think we are invincible..we just dont think of the consequences, and what could go wrong...and that we could die if something does go wrong...i totaled my car a year ago speeding and been stupid with somebody i went to school with that was behind me in another car...i was 17 at the time..now im 18 by the way

[kkly27]

To tkoizumi - kids think they are invincible. They need to see the reality of drink/drug/dangerous/speeding driving and sometimes showing them things like this is the only way for the message to sink in. Even if only 1 life is saved due to this mock crash being shown, it would have been more than worth it!

[wildthing1368]

@gatewayapartments My highschool former highschool (graduate now) and local police,fire and ambulance did these mock accidents several times a year as well as made available young driver education programs. i also think its a great idea, ive lost a few friends in such a manner its really unfortunate.

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