Education is key to getting the road safety message out to young drivers
A road safety programme to teach transition year students how to drive while creating awareness of unsafe driving behaviours is being rolled out in schools this September
The Road Safety Authority is introducing the crew safety programme amid a rising death toll
Jennifer Walsh runs the Transition Year programme at Coláiste Eamann Rís in Cork city and says it's vital to drive the road safety message home to teenagers
"School is where they get a lot of their education, and the more they hear about it and the more they learn about it, the more likely it is to have an impact. If we can prevent even one accident happening on the road through this programme and education then I think it's really, really important to include it"
