Driver Safety

I would like to conduct a little activity please, if everyone could be involved. I need everyone to relax, take a big breath in, and out. In, and out, now if you could imagine an 18 month old baby…holding an epidermal needle, a syringe. It has no idea how dangerous this is and no idea on how to safely use it. Now imagine this baby, grown up, just finished medical school. It is now trained as an anesthesyist, knowing how to safely use a syringe he/she can save peoples lives with medical injections.

If you could now imagine a 16-year-old, male or female, who has just got their drivers permit. No driving experience, they haven’t ever been trained either. How dangerous can that be? Consider then the issue of safety on the roads. The road toll is too high, especially among drivers in the age bracket of 17-25 year olds, who account for 27% of all road and traffic casualties. This figure is incredibly high as this age group represents only 16% of all licensed driver and rider. Thi...