Video transcript
Whoa! Son!
If you’re gonna have
a future in this game,
you gotta learn
to restrain yourself.
Wearing a properly adjusted
lap-and-shoulder seatbelt
reduces the risk of suffering
a serious or fatal injury
by 50%!
It’s probably THE most effective
road safety measure
EVER introduced!
(FASTENS SEATBELT, STARTS ENGINE)
End of the transcript
Seatbelts
Learner Drivers
A reminder for learner drivers and their parents to wear seatbelts using the slogan - "If you want a future in this game you've got to learn to restrain yourself".
Parental involvement and support is crucial in helping learner drivers get their 120 hours practice. Here we see, in a light-hearted way, how parents can support their children's driving practice.
More than 300 young drivers aged 18 – 25 have lost their lives in Victoria in the last 10 years – representing just less than one in four or 23% of drivers lives lost in Victoria in this period.
In 2018, 14% of drivers who lost their lives were aged between 18 and 25 years, with this age group only representing around 10% of Victorian licence holders.
Young Drivers lives lost (1987 – 2018)
Of the 14 young drivers who lost their lives on our roads in 2018:
- 79% were male
- 39% were killed in regional Victoria (73% of these were killed on 100+km/hr roads)
- 50% were killed in single vehicle crashes
- 75% were involved in crashes that occurred in high alcohol times