S.L.A.M
Students Learning A Message
To use peer group pressure in a constructive medium.
Social Aptitude: Peer group pressure, Consequence. Passengers die too.
Drugs & Alcohol: Why do we feel bullet proof, why don’t we perceive the risks.
Statistics: Why no driver ever expects to crash, why drivers create their own accidents
Life as a driver: Insurance, Finance, Cost of ownership, Speed -difference between track and road.
Social Aptitude, Life As A Driver
- Peer group pressure why and how to say no.
- Why we don’t feel the effects of speed, why all drivers create their own accident, chain of responsibility.
- Why new drivers crash cars, it is not what you think.
- How our natural muscle memory skills, are the exact opposite for driving, how do we fix the problem.
Drugs And Alcohol
- Guest speaker, acting paramedia, Queenslad ambulance service.
- Special guests with lifetime impediments as a result of accident.
- Drugs and alcohol, why we feel invincible, why we don’t realise we are impaired.
- Motor and vision impairment, how does it affect us as drivers, but also individuals.
- Break down of historical accidents showing how D&A created the tragedy.
Statistics
- Special guest racing driver.
- Comparison to road vs track vulnerability, the difference between track and road environments.
- What effort goes into preparing for a track session.
- Special flame proof clothing
- Head and neck safety
- Car preparation
- Roll cage
- Tyres
- Fuel cells
- Car to pit communication
Life As A Driver
Finance & Insurance
- Why we need insurance.
- What does it cover.
- Consequences of not having insurance.
- Why is the cheapest car you buy, the most expensive car you will ever own.
- How do you make the cost of ownership affordable.
- Budgeting, it’s not just for cars, why it is a life skill.
Cost of ownership
- Repairs
- Depreciation
- Why vehicle purchase is based on the cost over the life of the vehicle
- Why do cars wear out. Importance of maintenance, how this contributes to accidents
