Lower sixth students from Thornhill College who took part in Autoline Insurance Group’s “2 Young 2 Die” road safety workshop. Included, from left, are Brian Douglas, senior teacher, Thornhill College, Mark Fryer, director, Autoline Insurance Group, Wendy Clanachan and Liz Mc Mullan, personal lines sales advisors, Autoline Insurance Group and Tracey Doherty, former road education officer.
Pupils from Thornhill College in recently have taken part in Autoline Insurance Group’s “2 Young 2 Die” road safety workshop.
The workshop aims to highlight the dangers to young drivers on the roads and the importance of driving safely.
The campaign uses hard-hitting videos and statistics, along with discussion based workshops, to get key messages on issues such as speed, alcohol and drugs, distractions and the consequences of crashes across to young drivers and passengers.
Insurance broker Autoline Insurance Group have teamed up with road safety charity Brake to help prevent the deaths and injuries of young drivers and passengers on Derry’s roads.
A large number of staff from Autoline Insurance’s regional branches have been trained as part of Brake’s “2 Young 2 Die” project and Autoline delivered a “2 Young 2 Die” workshop at Thornhill College with lower sixth students.
Autoline Insurance have volunteered to deliver this education to young people throughout Northern Ireland, with the ultimate aim being to help dramatically reduce road deaths and serious crashes involving young people on Northern Ireland’s roads.
Brian Douglas, senior teacher at Thornhill, said the students were “certainly impressed” with the presentation and learned a lot about the dangers for young people on the roads.
He added: “Presentations like ‘2 Young 2 Die’ let teenagers know that they are not invulnerable and that they have to exercise care and responsibility whether they are drivers or passengers.”
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