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Students to attend Road Safe Road
Show
09.10.18
OVER 3,000 young people
from Donegal, Derry and Tyrone will attend this
week’s Road Safe Road Show in the Aura Leisure
Centre Letterkenny.
The Road Safe Road Show is a unique partnership
between Donegal County Council and members of the
Donegal Road Safety Working Group which provides a
platform to positively influence the driving
behaviour of young students as they commence their
driving careers. |
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The Road Safe Show is in the Aura
Leisure Centre Letterkenny this week on Tuesday 9th
October at 11.00am & 1.30pm with a further show on
Wednesday 10th October at 11.00am. |
The show will be seen
by over 3,000 students from the county's 27
post-primary schools as well as Youthreach centres
and continues to receive excellent support from
schools in Northern Ireland with the Police Service
of Northern Ireland assisting with the registration
of almost 800 students to attend from Derry and
Tyrone.
Brian O’Donnell, Road Safety Officer with Donegal
County Council said “we are delighted that the
schools continue to support the annual Road Safe
Show. We need to get the message to the young
people, that before they get into a car with a
driver who exceeds the speed limit, or someone who
may be under the influence of drink, or who has
taken drugs, or not wearing their seatbelts, or who
use their mobile phone while driving; to stop and
think, because the trauma and devastation that is
brought on your family and on the local community as
a result of a road traffic collision is totally
avoidable, no family should have to suffer the pain
and loss of a loved one as a result of a road
traffic collision”.
To date in 2018, 9 people have tragically lost their
lives on Donegal roads, an increase of 4, for the
same period in 2017. The Road Safe Show is in the
Aura Leisure Centre Letterkenny this week on Tuesday
9th October at 11.00am & 1.30pm with a further show
on Wednesday 10th October at 11.00am. |
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