Meet the Other Phone. A phone that grows with your child.

Meet the Other Phone.
A phone that grows with your child.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Chat

Join the discussion and chat with other Mumsnetters about everyday life, relationships and parenting.

Safe Drive Stay Alive - anyone attended this?

1 reply

VaguelySkeletal · 04/11/2019 10:46

I'm in a text convo right now with my 16yo dd, who is sitting in an auditorium waiting for the Safe Drive Stay Alive presentation to begin.

She is in a bit of a state. Really anxious and frightened. She's already worried about starting driving lessons in a few months, and the thought of what she may be about to see is frightening her even more. Apparently there are paramedics outside each door of the auditorium, and she's anxious about that, too - what are they expecting to happen?

Has anyone seen this presentation? Is it graphic?

OP posts:
BarbaraofSeville · 04/11/2019 11:21

No, but I've heard about it being quite brutal. If it's what I think it is, it's aimed at preventing the all too common scenario of a group of young people getting into a car, driving dangerously and killing or permanently disabling them all, using shock tactics and perhaps tales of survivors being in a wheelchair for the rest of their lives and/or receiving a long prison sentence.

It's mostly young men who do this, but all too often, they have their girlfriends in the car with them, so also relevant to people like your DD. As well as driving carefully herself, watch who she gets into a car with.

New posts on this thread. Refresh page
Please create an account

To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.

This thread is closed and is no longer accepting replies. Click here to start a new thread.