{"id":142769,"date":"2016-04-22T03:50:50","date_gmt":"2016-04-21T17:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=142769"},"modified":"2020-10-18T13:52:51","modified_gmt":"2020-10-18T03:52:51","slug":"ryda-drives-home-the-risks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2016\/04\/22\/ryda-drives-home-the-risks\/","title":{"rendered":"RYDA Drives Home The Risks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Senior Constable Jade Miller, from the Kingaroy Road Policing Unit; Senior Constable Chris Watson, from the Gympie Road Policing Unit, with St Mary’s Catholic College Year 11 students Pacey Clegg and Kate-Lyn Atkinson at the speed and stopping demonstration on Geritz Road<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

April 22, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

South Burnett roads should be a little bit safer after another 300 or so Year 11 students were put through the RYDA program in Kingaroy this week.<\/p>\n

The students gathered at the Kingaroy TAFE campus to gain insights from police and expert volunteers.<\/p>\n

The RYDA program has been developed by the not-for-profit Road Safety Education group in conjunction with Rotary.<\/p>\n

It is is held around Australia every year in a bid to lower the risk of young, inexperienced drivers being involved in a car crash.<\/p>\n

Officer-in-charge of Kingaroy Police, Senior Sergeant Duane Frank, said this was the sixth year RYDA had been run in the South Burnett.<\/p>\n

More than 2000 students have now completed the program.<\/p>\n

Students from Kingaroy, Nanango and Murgon State High Schools and St Mary\u2019s Catholic College each attended six sessions, many of which contained real-life examples of road trauma:<\/p>\n

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  • Hazards & Distractions<\/li>\n
  • Speed & Stopping<\/li>\n
  • Rights & Responsibilities<\/li>\n
  • Genevieve’s Story<\/li>\n
  • After The Crash<\/li>\n
  • Personality Test<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Snr Sgt Frank led students through the “Rights & Responsibilities” module, sharing his experiences as a police officer.<\/strong><\/p>\n

    “I have seen a lot of things and\u00a0 been to a lot of crashes,” he told a group of Kingaroy State High School students. “And a number of those crashes are where people – young people – have died in their cars. We couldn’t get them out before they died.”<\/p>\n

    He urged the students to make a decision to be a good driver, and make the decision to be a good passenger.<\/p>\n

    “Last year close to 300 young drivers were killed and 6000 seriously injured with lifelong consequences in Australia and New Zealand,” Snr Sgt Frank said.<\/p>\n

    “This is more than nine a day.”<\/p>\n

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