Road safety for parents and carers
As a parent or carer of children and teenagers, road safety takes on a new perspective. Your role is critical in helping your children develop safe road skills - from teaching young children how to cross the road safely or ride bikes, through to helping older children learn how to drive responsibly and safely. We have a range of information available to help with all your duties as a parent or carer:
Children
- Child Restraints - securing these safely and knowing what ages to move children up
- Positive role modelling - learning about safe driving starts as young as 5 years old
- Teaching children about road safety - ensuring young children are given the best understanding of road rules helps them safely negotiate the roads from early on through to when they are driving, this includes:
- Walking
- Riding bicycles
- Toys with wheels (such as scooters, skateboards, etc)
- Travelling on buses
Learner and P plate drivers
It is important to give young and new drivers a solid start to learning and understanding the responsibilities of driving:
Learner Drivers:
- Teaching learner drivers
- Learner driver information
- Driver supervisor information
- Learner driver resources
- Driving practice
- L and P plate drivers should learn and experience as much possible - visit the Drive Smart Course
- New drivers should buy the safest car available - visit: How Safe Is Your First Car
P Plate Drivers:
- Helping P plate drivers
- Driver supervisor information
- Encouraging P plate drivers to stay safe learn from the Safer P Platers website
- L and P plate drivers should learn and experience as much possible - visit the Drive Smart Course
- P plate drivers should buy the safest car available - visit: How Safe Is Your First Car