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Knox Highway Patrol Leading Senior Constable Gavin Nash, Knox SES volunteer Leanne Gibson, CFA Commander Tim Holland, Montrose CFA volunteer Marj Taylor and paramedic Ben Allan.
A TRIP to avoid Funerals and road death are confronting and, in part, the Teenage Road Information Program (TRIP) is, too. The combined Knox emergency services CFA, SES, Police and Ambulance - will present a hard-hitting road program at Wantirna City Life Church at 7pm on Wednesday 7 August. The target audience is 18 to 25-year-olds and their parents. Montrose CFA community safety co-ordinator Marj Taylor is helping co-ordinate the event.
She said TRIP was primarily aimed at changing teenage driving behaviour, most adults also walked away reassessing their own driving behaviour. “The program gives an in-depth insight into what happens to road crash victims and the aftermath from injuries and fatalities,” Ms Taylor said. “It is designed to be a hard-hitting presentation by the very people who attend the crash scene and know first-hand the devastation caused.” The program addresses identified risks of alcohol, drugs, speed, inexperience, distrac-
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tion and peer group pressure and provides information and examples of how to change behaviour. Speakers provide real-life personal examples of the short and long-term effects of road trauma. Ms Taylor said it was not about traumatising or scaring young people, but educating and hopefully prompting them to start a conversation with friends and family members. “There will be someone from the Major Collision Unit and also the director of trauma at The Alfred hospital," she said. "There will also be a mother who has been
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