This semester in health we had to create a campaign to attempt to make WA roads safer. Along with this we had to answer some reflection questions.
| What were the biggest things you learnt while completing this task? | As a future driver, this task brought to my attention the many reckless young drivers that are ignorant to the law and even worse, don’t know the law. Furthermore The biggest thing I learnt while putting my infographic together were the insane statistics of young drink drivers, they make up majority of accidents in our road and contribute to completely unnecessary deaths every year. I also developed skills in making infographics. I learnt some new canva features to help make it look nicer. Really surprising statics was 20% of residents questions don’t even know the speed limit/speed laws in the area that they are driving in, it really puts into question how effective the driving program was and how it has improve to what it is now. |
| What one piece of advice would you pass on to young drivers above all else? Why? | Be completely aware of the laws and follow them, especially drink driving. This piece of advice might be the most basic, enforced at such a young age however people, especially young drivers need to be aware of all the rules. As I said, 20% of fined WA residents don’t know that drink driving is even a felony. That is simply not enough people not knowing basic rules of driving while having their licence. What is worse is that if 20% don’t know what they are committing is that 80% do know that they are committing a crime. Simply pure ignorance to the law. I wanted to share this advice because they need to be aware of the consequence that follows the ignorance. If injuries and death does occur, it can ruin families, not only the victim but also the assailant. Families will lose money but more importantly lose someone they loved because people cannot make the right decision. If there is no death involved, it still puts people into financial debt and gives them can give them permanent injuries. Gives struggling families hospital fees and even worse sets their family back. All because of one bad decision |
| Write down a pledge that you will commit to when you start driving. Why did you pick these things to commit to? How will you stick to these commitments? | At all times I will be completely aware of rules and laws while driving. In addition, when I’m older I will always be aware of my drinking status and make correct decisions based on the rules and laws. I pick these things to commit to as they are the basic laws that will cover most scenarios. Since my infographic was on drink driving, I made sure to keep that as a focus. These things that I pick are simply questions that if you asked yourself, you can figure out if what your are doing is legal. I will stick to these commitments by making informed decisions before I get into a car, not while I’m driving. Before I drive I’ll ask myself what rules do I need to be aware of. For example before I go out I ask myself If there is alcohol so I can make an informed decision to not drive to and from the location |