Around 500 Secondary School students have descended on Ennis today to witness a hard-hitting road safety demonstration.
The public event, which is organised by Clare County Council, Clare’s Emergency Services and the RSA, is aimed at improving road safety awareness and reducing road deaths.
Demonstrations have been taking place in the Glór Carpark today, where students saw how emergency services respond to road crashes.
The roadshow includes a roll-over simulator which demonstrates what it is like to be involved in a car crash, firsthand accounts from emergency first responders and an interactive shuttle featuring driving, motorbike and bicycle simulators, reaction timers, Driver Theory Test computers, and screens showing road safety advertisements.
The event is being organised by the Clare Road Safety Action Group, comprising Clare County Council, An Garda Síochána, HSE, Road Safety Authority, Clare Civil Defence and Clare County Fire & Rescue Service.
Today, around 500 secondary school students are witnessing the full horror of a road crash at a simulation aimed at showing teenagers the human tragedy behind the statistics.
The demonstration is targeted at young people who are about to embark on their driving careers or who currently travel in cars with young friends.
Among the schools that will be represented on the day are Gaelcholáiste an Chláir, St Caimins, Ennistymon CBS, St. Josephs Secondary School – Spanish Point, and St. Josephs Secondary School – Tulla.
Members of the public are invited to attend the road safety event in the public carpark of Glór, Ennis, from midday to 5.00 p.m. today and from 9.30am to 5.00pm tomorrow.
You can hear a full feature which aired on Clare FM’s Morning Focus here
