Our Year 13 cohort found out recently that there are key three reasons young people have accidents while driving.
Attitude Presenter Robbie Baker spent an hour with the students talking about moving into adulthood, responsibility and most importantly, being safe while driving. His three key reasons were:
- Peer Pressure: Being influenced by others into doing things you wouldn’t normally because you can’t say no – such as driving with passengers at night on a restricted licence.
- Being too Confident: Driving isn’t one of those things where you’ll be alright if you wing it.
- Distractions: Driving needs your full attention – be aware of what’s happening around you.
He summed up talking about the Risk Myth – it will never happen to me.