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 THE GOALS FOR STREET SMART HIGH

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To educate about driving and passenger risks

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To increase knowledge, develop new skills and
positive attitudes about road safety

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EVENT PROGRAM your lent
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9:20am Doors to Entertainment Centre open

10:00am Students and guests to be seated
10:10am Welcome to Country
10:15am Welcome
Ben Haythorpe, RAA
10:20am Guest Speaker
Eli Murn
10:25am Crash scene
Narrated by Dr Bill Griggs (Tuesday) and Josh Byerlee (Wednesday)
11:00am Donate Life presentation
Stewart Moodie
11:10am Guest Speaker
Melissa McGuinness
11:20am Guest Speaker
Kelly Golding (Tuesday only)
11:30am Driving simulation
THINK! Road Safety
11:40am Guest Speaker
Charles Brice
11:55am Lunch
12:05pm Expo
12:45pm Wheelchair basketball
1:00pm Guest Speaker
Holly Scott
1:10pm Driver distraction presentation
Nicholas J Johnson
1:15pm Safe car demonstration
Charles Kouba
1:30pm Guest Speaker
Michael Holbrook
1:40pm Elephants don’t forget
1:55pm Event wrap up
2:00pm Event closes

Counsellors are available throughout the day near door 8 and door 10

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 THE CRASH SCENE EXPL AINED
Andrew, Claire and Chris are
heading home from a party.
Andrew is driving, Claire is in
the front passenger seat and
Chris is in the back seat.
Chris unclips his seatbelt to show Andrew a
photo in a text message. Andrew looks at the
photo and then collides with a motorcyclist.
Chris is thrown through the windscreen of
the car and is killed. The motorcyclist, John,
is injured and Claire is trapped in the car with
a broken leg. The driver, Andrew, is able to get
out of the car.
Additional character
information:
Driver (Andrew)
Andrew has a small cut to his head. He has his
head bandaged by ambulance officers at the
scene, is arrested by police and taken away in
a police car.
Motorcyclist (John)
John is the motorcyclist that is hit by the car.
The force of the crash throws him behind
the car. There is blood on his leg and his
helmet remains on until he is attended to by
the ambulance officers. He is carried off on a
stretcher. John is not considered a key part
of the re-creation, but his story continues
during the DonateLife presentation.
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Front seat passenger (Claire)
Claire is trapped in the car because she can’t
get her leg free from the wreck. The MFS has
to cut her out of the car. They are concerned
she may have a neck injury and a broken leg,
so this is done with great caution.
Rear seat passenger (Chris)
Chris took his seatbelt off so that he could
lean forward to show the driver, Andrew, a
text message on his phone. He didn’t have
his seatbelt on when the car crashed and was
thrown through the windscreen. He landed
on the ground in front of the car and has
blood on his head.
First on scene (Justine and Adam)
Justine and Adam, who were at the same
party as those involved in the crash, are first
on scene. Adam calls emergency services
while Justine stays with Claire to keep
her calm.
10 TIPS TO BE SAFER ON YOUR P-PL ATES

1. Get Ls as soon as 6. Think deeply about your driving and

possible and Ps as find and fix your mistakes; learn how
late as possible to situations affect you and how you can
increase driving take control of your safety.
practise opportunities
with your supervisor. 7. Have as many P-plate experiences as
possible while still being supervised
2. Develop a learning on Ls; that way, the change when you
mindset (not a fixed one); go solo won’t be as dramatic.
have an attitude of, ‘I can learn’, ‘I want to
learn’, and ‘I always have more to learn’. 8. Drive the safest car you can afford;
Google ANCAP or Used Car
3. Shift your target to six months on Ps Safety Ratings and aim
with zero harm, instead of just passing for a vehicle with a
the driving test. 5-star rating.

4. Get lots of experience; 9. Drive supervised, even

correctly practise when you get your Ps;
skills over and ongoing interaction
over until habits with your supervisor(s)
take hold. can have a positive effect
on your safety.
5. Do plenty of
driving in 10. Drive with room for error; for example,
situations follow at least three seconds from the car
that are new and in front and be extra careful in right-turn
challenging; drive in different cars, on situations (a common cause of P-plate
different roads, at different times of day. driver crashes).

For more information on safe driving and to register for your free Keys2drive lesson visit
www.keys2drive.com.au

INFORMATION FOR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS

Parents and caregivers play an important
role in reducing the road toll. They are key to
influencing the development of safe driver
attitudes and actions.
Schools are encouraged to provide
information to these groups to educate
them and help them initiate important
conversations with their children.
By engaging with parents and caregivers and
encouraging them to play an active role in
road safety, we can make a real difference.
Visit www.raa.com.au/streetsmarthigh to
download a fact sheet that can be included
in your next school newsletter. By doing this,
you’ll be adding more information into your
students’ road safety backpacks.

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 SPEAKER PROFILES

Eli Murn Dr Stewart Moodie

In 2004, Eli crashed at
high speed, while driving
under the influence. As
a result, he now lives
with an Acquired Brain
Injury (ABI). With hours of
physiotherapy and years of rehabilitation,
he re-learnt to walk, talk, eat and care for
himself. Eli lives with ongoing mobility and
memory issues associated with ABI, which
are permanent.
Since the crash, Eli has taken every
opportunity to share his story with
young people.
Melissa
McGuinness
In 2012, Melissa’s son,
Jordan, caused the deaths
of four other young people
in a car crash in which
he also died. He was
speeding and under the influence of alcohol
and marijuana.
In 2017, Melissa was invited by the
Queensland Police Service to address a
SAVE Day Road Safety event. Since then,
YOU CHOOSE Youth Road Safety has been
engaged by schools, councils, police and
community organisations around Australia to
uplift young people as advocates of changed
driving behaviours.
MB ChB FRCA FCICM
MBioeth
Intensive Care Specialist
Dr Stewart Moodie is the
State Medical Director
of DonateLife SA. He
is the South Australian representative on
the ANZICS Death and Organ Donation
Committee, Deputy Chair of the ANZICS
End of Life Care Working Group and
member of the NHMRC Ethical Allocation
of Organs Working Group. He is also Deputy
Chair of the Central Adelaide Local Health
Network Treatment Ethics Committee and
a LEAD trainer on the Core Family Donation
Conversation Workshops.
Kelly Golding
(Tuesday only)
Kelly Golding is a voiceover
artist and travel and
lifestyle presenter for
Channel Seven in Adelaide.
In September 2009, Kelly’s
younger brother Matthew was hit and killed
by a car while lying on the side of the road
in Middleton. He had been out with his work
mates and was walking home. He was three
weeks away from becoming a dad for the
first time, and Kelly was also four months
pregnant at the time. Kelly hopes that sharing
Matthew’s story will not only honour his
memory, but help educate drivers and party
goers and reduce the risk of this type of crash

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SPEAKER PROFILES

Charles Brice Charles Kouba

At the age of 19 Charles was Charles Kouba is a Patrol
thrown from a motorbike Team Leader, who has been
while on a routine ride near at RAA for over 10 years.
Loxton, landing headfirst He’s proud to be involved
into soft sand. His injury in Street Smart High as he
would shatter two vertebrae is a father with two young
in his neck and sever his spinal cord leaving kids, and this is something close to his heart.
him a quadriplegic. Since the crash, Charles His presentation looks at the Australasian
has gone on to complete a journalism degree New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP),
and is now the Adelaide reporter for ABC’s which involves crash testing vehicles in a
News Breakfast. He also co-founded Wheel To controlled environment so consumers can
Walk, a project that raises money for spinal cord make an informed choice when purchasing a
injury research. new or used car.

Nicholas J Michael Holbrook

Johnson
Life was excellent for the
Nicholas J Johnson is Holbrook family until
a professional speaker, June 2009 when their
magician, author and 18-year-old son Nick was
educator who specialises taken from them in a car
in improving the public’s crash. He was a passenger
understanding of deception, and helping in a friend’s car that was speeding along
them to identify scams, hoaxes and suspect West Lakes Boulevard. Michael now shares
science. For the past 20 years, Nicholas has his story, from a parent’s perspective, with
worked with businesses, law enforcement young people across South Australia as a
agencies and universities to uncover the guest presenter with the SA Metropolitan Fire
tricks behind the trick. Service’s ‘Road Awareness Program’.

Holly Scott
At 22 years old, Holly had
a new relationship, a new
job, great friends and
family, and plans to travel.
Then one night, everything
changed when she
overcorrected on a corner while driving and
hit a tree, resulting in a traumatic brain injury.
Holly’s life has completely changed since that
night, and she wants people to understand
how easy it is to be involved in a car crash
and how difficult it can be to overcome.

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 CL ASSROOM DISCUSSION AND SACE CAPABILITIES

We strongly encourage all schools to continue By taking part in Street Smart High,
the road safety conversation. We hope that your students will contribute to the following
students will have a range of questions about SACE Capabilities.
the information that’s been presented to them.

Capabilities Organising Possible contextual

elements applications

Ethical • Understanding ethical • Social issues

understanding concepts and issues • Ethics
• Reasoning in personal • Beliefs
decision making • Right and wrong
• Exploring values, rights • Freedom
and responsibilities

Critical and • Generating ideas, • Thought and reasoning

creative thinking possibilities and actions
• Reflecting on thinking,
actions and processes
• Analysing, synthesising
and evaluating
information
• Accessing, organising and using
information
• Problem solving
• Collaborative thinking

Personal and • Self-awareness • Personal identity

social capability • Self-management • Resilience, self-esteem, self-efficacy,
• Social awareness wellbeing
• Social management • Managing relationships
• Decision-making
• Family
• Community
• Social life
• Shared rights and obligations

CALLING ALL ARTISTS

AND PHOTOGRAPHERS
We are looking to commission a piece of artwork to
be featured on next year’s Street Smart High program
cover. If you would like more information or would like
to be involved, please email bhaythorpe@raa.com.au

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TOUGH TALK VIDEOS

At Street Smart High, you would have seen The ‘Tough Talk’ videos throughout the day
just how many people are affected when road gave you a brief insight into how different
trauma occurs. people are affected by issues associated with
road safety.

The questions that were asked

1. Why are you interested in road safety?
2. How have car crashes changed
your life?
3. How do you feel about people who
have caused crashes?
4. If people break the road rules, do they
deserve what they get?
5. What should you do if you’re in a car
with someone and they start speeding
or have had too much to drink?
6. Do teenagers have crashes because
their brains aren’t fully developed?
7. Does having your mates in the car
cause crashes?
8. Do teenagers fully understand the
risks involved with driving?
9. What could be done to improve road
safety in SA?
10. If you could leave students with one
piece of advice, what would it be?

The people we interviewed

Peter McEntee Megan Cheney Donny Schulz Dr Lisa Kirrilie Smout

Paramedic Paramedic Crash Survivor Wundersitz Psychologist
Road Safety
Researcher

Eli Murn Rodney Cambell Dr Bill Griggs Paul Zilm Kirstin

Crash Survivor Fire Officer Paramedic Doctor Police Officer McLoughlin
Police Officer

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 SCHOOLS AT TENDING

Tuesday 27 September
Adelaide Botanic High School, Blakes Crossing Christian College, Charles Campbell College,
Christian Brothers College, Concordia College, Gawler and District College B-12, Gleeson
College, Glenunga International High School, Golden Grove High School, Heritage College,
HYPA Adelaide, Investigator College, King’s Baptist Grammar School, Lameroo Regional
Community School, Mark Oliphant College, Mitcham Girls High School, Mt Barker Waldorf
School, Mt Carmel College, Northern Adelaide Senior College, Norwood Morialta High School,
Oakbank Area School, Pembroke School, Portside Christian College, Pulteney Grammar School,
Salisbury East High School, SEDA College, St Francis De Sales, St Ignatius College, St Peter’s
Girls, Temple Christian College (Mile End), Temple Christian College (Paralowie), Thomas More
College, Tjindu Foundation, Trinity College Blakeview, Tyndale Christian School, Whyalla
Secondary College, Xavier College.

Wednesday 28 September
Banksia Park International High School, Cabra Dominican College, Compass Catholic
Community, Craigmore High School, Emmaus Christian College, Hallett Cove R-12 School,
Heathfield High School, Horizon Christian School, Indie School, Kildare College, Marryatville
High School, Mary MacKillop College, Moonta Area School, Modbury High School, Nazareth
Catholic College, Open Access College, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College, Parafield Gardens
High School, Paralowie R-12 School, Plympton International College, Prince Alfred College,
Reynella East College, Rostrevor College, Sacred Heart College, Seaton High School, Seaton
High School Studio West HYPA Program, St George College, St Peter’s College, Streaky Bay Area
School, Tatachilla Lutheran College, The Heights School, Torrens Valley Christian School, Trinity
College Gawler River Campus, Trinity College North, Trinity College South, Tyndale Christian
School Murray Bridge, Underdale High School, Warriappendi School, Wilderness School,
Woodville High School. 1901225DP BH 02/20

FREE KEYS2DRIVE LESSON

Keys2drive is a free, one hour lesson
for learners and their supervisors
(usually Mum or Dad) which is funded
by the Federal Government.
It is a balanced combination of theory and
practical coaching to help learners become safe
solo drivers - not just aim for passing their test.
Learners can register for their free Keys2drive lesson
and find further information at www.keys2drive.com.au

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CAUSING A CRASH: THE LEGAL SIDE

John Lyons is a Barrister What if I didn’t mean to?

in Adelaide who has been
dealing with motor vehicle
cases for 40 years. He tells
us how one mistake on
the road could land you a
lengthy jail term.
A lot of young offenders say, “I didn’t mean
to hurt anyone – it wasn’t my intention.”
But that doesn’t wash. If there was bad driving
involved and a death or injury has resulted
from it, you’ll be found guilty of a very
serious offence.

What are the legal It is often tragic for everyone involved.

When a young person causes a crash that kills
consequences of causing someone – often one of their own friends –
a crash? their whole life takes a turn for the absolute
worst. The implications of causing such an
If you drive dangerously and cause a crash
incident and being convicted of an offence
that kills or injures someone, you’ll probably
are phenomenal and long-lasting.
be charged with causing death or serious
bodily harm by dangerous driving, under
s19A of the Criminal Law Consolidation Act

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1935 (SA). Many months of legal proceedings

I d
starting in the Magistrates Court would

h u r t
then follow.
You might choose to plead not guilty,
however usually it’s clear who is at fault and t o
mean ne ...
anyo
the driver pleads guilty. Either way, you’ll
need to pay an expensive lawyer or use Legal
Aid to represent you in court.

What’s the punishment?

Most dangerous driving offences have a
maximum penalty of 15 years in jail, as well
as automatic licence disqualification for
10 years. Then there is the stigma of having
a criminal record that will show up on any
police clearance for the rest of your life,
affecting your ability to work and travel.
Sentences for driving offences are often quite
harsh because the courts see it as their role to
deter other people from acting the same way.
A lot of young people don’t realise this: even
if it’s your first offence and you’re remorseful,
you’re likely to be given a significant jail
sentence to deter other people your age from
driving dangerously.

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