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Roadsafe Roadshow project will make sure over 1000
of Mayo's teenagers are aware of traffic dangers before they get
behind the wheel themselves. At previous shows the pupils were
boisterous and high-spirited going into the AXA Roadsafe Roadshow at the
Royal Theatre in Castlebar, but there was hardly a dry eye among them when they
emerged from the hard-hitting presentation just over an hour later.
The show
contains hard-hitting road safety messages and they will be delivered to nearly 1000 teenagers
at the Royal Theatre in Castlebar on today 4th February 2010 when they view the AXA
Insurance award-winning Roadsafe Roadshow. The event has been organized in conjunction with Mayo County Council, An Garda
Siochana and the local emergency services. The hard-hitting campaign first came
to Mayo in 2007 after it was first
showcased in schools in Northern Ireland before being adopted across the
border.
"Unfortunately young drivers are those
most at risk, which is why the emergency services and a whole range of other
partners put so much effort into raising awareness among teenagers. We believe
this is the biggest co-ordinated road safety campaign ever to be staged in Mayo
and we hope the clear messages will stay with the teenagers long after the event
has finished." said Garda Pat O’Hora of the
Mayo Traffic Corps.
"The show realistically illustrates what happens all
too often on our roads. I hope that after seeing the Roadshow the students
understand that they are not indestructible; that it can and does happen to
young people like them; and they must respect the roads and other
users."
Mrs Moran a
mother of a road traffic victim will appeal to students not to drink and
drive, not to speed, and to remember when they put the key in the ignition they
were "sitting in a loaded weapon".
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