{"id":179409,"date":"2017-05-25T23:59:13","date_gmt":"2017-05-25T13:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=179409"},"modified":"2020-09-15T13:17:09","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T03:17:09","slug":"police-want-young-drivers-to-stay-safe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2017\/05\/25\/police-want-young-drivers-to-stay-safe\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Want Young Drivers To Stay Safe"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_179411\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-179411\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170525ryda1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-179411\" title=\"20170525 RYDA\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170525ryda1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170525ryda1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170525ryda1-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-179411\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Senior Constable Jade Miller, from the Kingaroy Road Policing Unit,\u00a0and Acting Sergeant \u00a0Chris Watson, from the Gympie Road Policing Unit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>May 26, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When police are called out to a road crash, the last thing they want to see is a young person laying dying inside a wrecked car.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, young drivers are often very confident but lack experience, which is a dangerous combination.<\/p>\n<p>Several young drivers, full of potential, have died on South Burnett roads in recent years &#8230; a tragedy for their families, friends and for society.<\/p>\n<p>To try to stop these deaths, local police join with Kingaroy Rotary every year to alert Year 11 students to ways to \u00a0keep safe when they get out on the roads.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Students from Nanango and Murgon State High Schools, and St Mary&#8217;s Catholic College, gathered at the Kingaroy TAFE campus on Thursday to work through six RYDA program sessions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>These included real-life scenarios of road trauma, including a special &#8220;After The Crash\u201d session where the students came face-to-face with the result of road trauma, meeting paraplegic\u00a0Darron Shields who suffered a permanent spinal injury in a cycle crash in 2002.<\/p>\n<p>RYDA has been developed by the not-for-profit Road Safety Education group in conjunction with Rotary.<\/p>\n<p>This is the seventh year it has been run in the South Burnett.<\/p>\n<p>Students from Kingaroy State High School will work through the program on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2016\/04\/ryda-drives-home-the-risks\/\">RYDA Drives Home The Risks<\/a><\/strong> (2016)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2015\/05\/road-safety-becomes-real\/\">Road Safety Becomes Real<\/a> <\/strong>(2015)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2014\/05\/students-gets-hands-on-with-road-safety\/\">Students Get Hands On With Road Safety<\/a> <\/strong>(2014)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2013\/04\/safety-message-driven-home\/\">Safety Message Driven Home<\/a> <\/strong>(2013)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2012\/04\/important-lessons-for-soon-to-be-drivers\/\">Important Lessons For Soon-To-Be Drivers<\/a> <\/strong>(2012)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_179413\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-179413\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170525ryda3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-179413\" title=\"20170525 RYDA\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170525ryda3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170525ryda3.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170525ryda3-300x174.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-179413\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Murgon State High School students Hayley Flint, Kate Reynolds, Tita \u00a0Fatui and Chelsea Burgess\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_179414\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-179414\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170525ryda4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-179414\" title=\"20170525 RYDA\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170525ryda4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170525ryda4.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170525ryda4-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-179414\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Col Rogerson, from South Burnett Motorcycle Rider Training, with St Mary&#8217;s Catholic College students James Brimblecombe and Harry Bredhauer &#8230; Col took sessions on &#8220;Hazards, Distractions and Risks&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_179415\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-179415\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170525ryda5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-179415\" title=\"20170525 RYDA\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170525ryda5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170525ryda5.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170525ryda5-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-179415\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">RYDA organiser Jeff Castledine, from Kingaroy Rotary, with Rotary Youth facilitator Shayne Ralph &#8230; Shayne took the session &#8220;The &#8216;I&#8217; In Drive&#8221;, a personality test for your drivers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_179416\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-179416\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170525ryda6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-179416\" title=\"20170525 RYDA\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170525ryda6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170525ryda6.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170525ryda6-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-179416\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nanango State High School students Evie Woollard and May Gullen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_179410\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-179410\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170525ryda7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-179410\" title=\"20170525 RYDA\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170525ryda7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170525ryda7.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170525ryda7-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-179410\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kingaroy SES volunteers were on hand to block off traffic in Geritz Road for the braking demonstrations by police &#8230; from left, Joe Hafemeister and John Kefford<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_179412\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-179412\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170525ryda2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-179412\" title=\"20170525 RYDA\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170525ryda2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170525ryda2.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170525ryda2-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-179412\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An unmarked police car, driven by\u00a0Senior Constable Jade Miller, hits the brakes on Geritz Road during the stopping distance demonstration<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When police are called out to a road crash, the last thing they want to see is a young person laying dying inside a wrecked 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