U-Turn the Wheel

This session is presented by staff from Cawdor Haulage. Students obtain hands on experience by sitting in the driver's seat of a parked semi trailer and understanding the blind spots and turning space and stopping distances required by truck drivers.

Advises Students on the process of purchasing their first car, including: finance, registration, private sales. Adapted from a presentation developed and delivered by Mr Joe Paglia (Sales Manager Macarthur Ford Campbelltown).

This session is conducted by local Highway Patrol Officers. They discuss fines and demerit points, young driver issues and the responsibilities drivers have when they are behind the wheel of a car. Students are also shown a video, which shows the investigation of a fatal P-Plate crash that killed 5 young people.

Part 1

Mr. Russell Oates - a Senior Driving Instructor from Barnes Driving School informs the students on the process of obtaining their Learner and Provisional P1 license. The session also talks about the importance of varied on road driving experience during the learner licensing phase.

Part 2

Staff from NRMA Campbelltown Branch explain the details regarding the different types of insurance cover and associated costs.

This session is presented by the Youth Liaison Officers from Campbelltown and Macquarie Fields Police. It educates on the consequences of driving whilst under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs. The session explores ways to celebrate safely and how to lower the risk of all harm that can arise from the use of alcohol and drugs. This session also makes use of 'Fatal Vision Goggles', more commonly known as 'Beer Goggles'. Their use helps demonstrate to the students the visual effects of high range drink driving and the effect that has on your ability to operate a motor vehicle.

This session is presented by the Road Safety Officer from Campbelltown City Council. The session takes the students through a PowerPoint presentation highlighting speed as the greatest contributing factor to road fatalities. Several crash scenes are presented and the students work through the scenarios to identify causal factors and outcomes. This provides the students with the opportunity to see the consequences of poor driving behaviour and the volatility of motor vehicle crashes.