Level Up

The level-up programme is designed to educate young road users about the importance of adopting safer road user behaviours to enable them to avoid traffic offending, entering the criminal justice system and impacting future career options.

The workshops offers youth an opportunity to learn about road safety and the part they play in keeping themselves and others safe on our roads and to influence better decision making.

 

Types of road user behaviours the programme is trying to prevent:

  • Breaching licence conditions

  • Excess breath alcohol

  • Careless driving (resulting in crashes)

  • Dangerous driving

  • Driving while forbidden

  • Driving while suspended

  • Failing to stop

  • Speeding (high speeds for example driving at 160k in an 80k zone)

  • Sustained loss of traction

  • Unlicensed driving

  • Distracted Driving


Outcomes:

  • Participants are better informed about how to keep themselves and others safe on our roads

  • Participants understand the consequences of unsafe road user behaviours (RIDS and Driver Licence) and benefits of complying with Land Transport Act and Road User rules

  • Participants gain a greater understanding about how to avoid traffic offending and develop safer driver choices to avoid the criminal justice system

Working with:

  • Alternative Education providers

  • Currently only operating in Auckland and Hamilton

Workshops:

1 day workshop:

This workshop is designed to deliver road safety education in one session to plant seeds of awareness where they would not have had any other education about keeping safe on our roads.

Multiple sessions over a term:

This workshop is designed to deliver road safety education over the course of the year (eight smaller sessions in total) to help participants adopt safer road user behaviours.

Topic covered:

  • Restraints

  • Impairment

  • Distracted driving

  • Speed

  • Driver Licence Journey

  • Peer pressure

  • Crash Investigation

  • Avoiding risks

  • Safe vehicles