Fit to Drive
‘Fit to Drive’ is a community education strategy that aims to reduce the disproportionate representation of young people in road crashes.
It allows local communities to coordinate a range of resources and activities for young people developed by road safety agencies and stakeholders including:
- Transport Accident Commission
- VicRoads
- Department of Education and Early Childhood Development
- RMIT University
- Local government
- Victoria Police
- RoadSafe Victoria
- RACV
- MFB
- CFA
The program is a whole school curriculum approach, linking core traffic safety education programs and enrichment activities to reach all students in Years 10, 11 and 12.
A key component of Fit to Drive is the Year 11 half day workshop. The workshops consist of the following activities:
- Small group activities facilitated by trained university students who represent creditable role models to the students.
- High impact presentation from the Victorian Police Road Safety Information and Awareness Unit
- The Road Crash Case Study facilitated by MFB or CFA
- Practical demonstration of the correlation between speed and safe stopping distances by road safety agencies or local community stakeholders
For more information, please contact the Road Safety Education Coordinator on (03) 9665 4464 or email commed@mfb.vic.gov.au
Download
Fit to Drive Program brochure (972.77 kb)