Safe Drive Stay Alive events continue in Tayside
More than 4500 young adults from schools across the area will be given a clear insight to the potential consequences that follows serious collisions.
Young people across Tayside are being made aware of dangers on the roads. More than 4500 young adults from schools across the area will be given a clear insight to the potential consequences that follows serious collisions with insight from firefighters, police officers and paramedics. The multi-award winning safety event - Safe Drive Stay Alive will be coming to the Dundee and Perth areas over the next week, events have already taken place in Angus. SFRS community safety officer Station Manager Ewan Baird, made clear the importance of getting the message across. He said: “Too many young people are unaware how easily a driver can lose control and how terrible the consequences can be. “The people who see the show are likely to be learning to drive, to have recently passed their test or to be in the car with a new driver. “Sadly, the professionals involved in Safe Drive Stay Alive have all seen first-hand the awful results of something going wrong. “By sharing our experience of needless tragedies with young people we can make them consider their actions so they can choose never to put themselves or others at risk.” The hard hitting event, which has been running since 2006, aims to increase young drivers’ and passengers awareness of safe driving practice and the potential consequences of poor practices on the road. Firefighters and paramedics give first-hand accounts of the devastation a road crash can bring to a family are given by victims of accidents and surviving family members.