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Richard Barter (NZ-Micro Enterprise)

From: seacliffe@gmail.com on behalf of Richard Barter [richard@tearfund.org.nz]

Sent: Thursday, 3 April 2008 7:58 a.m.
To: Rob Holding; Richard Barter (NZ-Micro Enterprise)
Subject: Making a Difference Looking after your mates on the road April 3rd 2008 Richard Barter

Hi Rob,

This story is pretty over the top! SADD sounds like a great idea. Much better than old guys like us
trying to tell kids to slow down!!

Looking forward to talking this afternoon.

Warmly

Richard

Blowing off steam,' says teen clocked at

178km/h
5:00AM Thursday April 03, 2008
By Elizabeth Binning

The number on the right of the panel is the speed at which the police car was travelling.

A teenager clocked doing 178km/h through a notoriously dangerous intersection told police he was
simply "blowing off steam".

Stunned officers say there is no excuse for the 19-year-old's irresponsible driving, especially as he
had two passengers.

"It was absolutely mad to drive like that," said Senior Sergeant Andrew Berry, tactical co-ordinator
for Counties Manukau East police.

Mr Berry said a constable in a patrol car was driving north along Te Irirangi Drive on Sunday night
when his radar picked up the teenager's Japanese import coming through the Ormiston Rd
intersection.

"He initially thought the radar gave him a mistaken reading because he couldn't see the car. Then he
saw it coming, locked it at 178 and it came through the intersection so quick that he couldn't even get
a registration."

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The officer found the car stopped at the next traffic lights, where the driver explained travelling at
more than twice the 80km/h limit by saying he was blowing off steam.

Mr Berry said: "There are some of our most dangerous intersections along Te Irirangi Drive,
Ormiston being one of them, and he blows through that intersection so fast that the first thing the
officer knew that the car was coming was when the radar picked him up at that speed."

If the car had collided with another vehicle, the combined impact speed would have been about
250km/h, which would have been "certainly fatal to the three occupants of the offending vehicle plus
anybody they collided with".

The teenager was charged with driving at a dangerous speed and operating a vehicle recklessly, and
his car was confiscated.

SADD is a peer education programme that has been in New Zealand for almost 20 years. The
primary objective of SADD is to reduce the harm caused on our roads by drink drivers. The peer
education programme is run in secondary schools by students, independently of the school
curriculum. The organisation is open to any student and SADD encourages participation from across
the year levels.

SADD believes in the capacity of our youth to take action and to create change. Our initiatives and
key messages are driven by young people for young people. SADD is an adaptable programme –
enabling students to design and present their activities and events in a way that caters to the unique
environment and culture of their school or community.

We are a charitable organisation governed by the AA Driver Education Foundation and supported by
an Advisory Group consisting of members from our key stakeholder partners such as Land Transport
NZ, The Police and ACC.

Mission

To contribute to reducing road deaths and injuries from drink driving by promoting positive
behaviour change in 13-17 year olds.

Vision

New Zealand young people are not drink-driving.

Brief History

1981 SADD (Students Against Driving Drunk) was founded in America (Massachusetts).

1985 The SADD concept is introduced to New Zealand by an American Exchange Student to
Mahurangi College in Warkworth.

1987 Wangauni Girls College hear of SADD and introduce the concept to their school.The
SADD concept is looked at for a national initiative and work is undertaken to make the concept
relevant to NZ students. At the end of this year SADD becomes a national organisation.

1988 Resources are sent to every secondary school in NZ.

1988 SADD becomes a recognised programme in schools around the country. Through the
1990's and early 2000's SADD has a strong presence in many schools and communities. The
organisation holds Annual National Conferences and Regional Workshops and gains guidance and

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support from national road safety and health organisations. Thousands of students have contributed
to SADD since its beginning.

2004 SADD undergoes an evaluation through the support of national partners such as Land
Transport New Zealand; The New Zealand Police; The Automobile Association; The Ministry of
Health and The Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC). An updated strategic direction for
SADD is drafted following the recommendations of the evaluation. At the end of this year the Road
Safety Trust commits the support of three (3) years operational funding and becomes SADD's
principal funder.

2005 The new SADD team is appointed with a National Manager in Wellington and four
Regional Coordinators based in Hamilton; Napier; Christchurch and Dunedin. Work begins on the
re-structuring of the organisation and the development of a new SADD programme.

Our Strategy – Moving Forward

Social Goals
Goal 1: Young people choose alternatives to drinking and driving
Goal 2: Young people are positively influencing older people's behaviour
Goal 3: Young people are looking after each other
Goal 4: Drink driving among secondary school students is seen as socially unacceptable.

Strategic Steps
» SADD aims to focus on high risk areas for youth drink driving as its primary target group.

District Crashes involving 13-17 Compared to NZ average

year old alcohol affected

drivers per 1000 population

Otorohonga 8.6 3.6 times worse

Wairoa 8.6 3.6 times worse

Gore 7.8 3.25 times worse

Waimate 7.5 3.13 times worse

Central Otago 6.7 2.8 times worse

Carterton 6.0 2.5

Far North 5.7 2.38

Waitomo 5.7 2.38

Horowhenua 5.5 2.3

Whakatane 5.0 2.1

Mackenzie 5.0 2.1

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Southland 4.8 2

Waitaki 4.6 1.9

Invercargill 4.6 1.9

Clutha 4.5 1.88

NZ average 2.4 1

» SADD aims to support other schools/areas within NZ (secondary target group) with an updated
and more effective programme.

» SADD will provide greater opportunities for student membership such as a passive website
membership where students can access information and tools.

» SADD will develop a website to further enhance the new programme and support students
nationally with delivering the programme.

» SADD will continue to develop and improve its operational procedures to better support the
network of SADD students nationally.

www.sadd.org.nz

Julie Soper
Acting National Manager
The Annexe, Upstart House
329 Princes Street
PO Box 1342
Dunedin
julie_sadd@xtra.co.nz
(03) 470 1719

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