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