Crash survivors share stern reality of road trauma with young drivers

Crash survivors share stern reality of road trauma with young drivers

Crash survivor Ken Alcock discusses his 1970 accident, educating youth on road safety at Bega's RYDA program.

Young Driver training tested: helping kids be safer on the road

On the 18th of June 1996, I passed my driving test. On the 19th of June 1996, I wrote off my Mini City E by parking it in the back of a BMW. For a 17-year-old who aspired to be a motoring journalist, it wasn’t the most auspicious start.  To prevent my son from suffering the same fate – embarrassment and a four-figure bill in my case, although it could have been far worse – I enrolled him for a first driving lesson. Nothing odd there, you might t…