Summer’s all about good times, adventures, and making memories. Whether you’re heading to the beach, catching up with mates, or hitting the road for a summer getaway, it’s important to make safe choices along the way.
This summer, our Summer Road Ready campaign is all about helping young people get ready for safer journeys. We’ll be sharing short, creative videos on our social media with tips, reminders, and messages to help everyone stay safe on the roads.
We want to hear from you! Students and partners, help us spread the word about staying road ready this summer and making choices that keep you, your mates, and everyone else safe on the road.
Submit a video for our campaign!
Come up with your own summer road safety message and share it with your school or community. You could even see if you can get it shared on your school’s Facebook page or website.
Share others’ clips on your own social media page(s) to help spread awareness
Check out the activities and summer inspiration below
Download the below social images, posters, and logos to use on your own pages this summer!
Logos:
Social Media Tiles:
Posters:
Get a group together, or go solo! Both options are great.
Pick a message you want to share. Consider the theme - “Summer Road Ready”
Plan your video to be up to 45 seconds maximum (we’re looking for short and snappy messages!)
Film your clip! Make sure your sound is clear and there is no background noise or wind. Check your location too, a clear background is great. A handy tip is to have some footage at the start and end of your talking, because that makes it a lot easier to edit. Start to film and simply count to three in your head before starting to talk. Do the same once you finish talking and stop filming.
Don’t worry about adding any intro or ending graphics - we will do this part
Submit your video by email to mark@sadd.org.nz by the 1st of December. You may need to save it to Google Drive or Dropbox and then email the link if it is a large file.
Here is an example from last year’s summer campaign, “Vibe your Ride”
Here are some activity ideas that we recommend giving a go!
These activities are great for Term 4 school activities or for something you can run with other groups, such as a youth group, over the summer holidays. These activities all relate to relevant themes that lead into the summer period and are a fantastic way to get your peers thinking about how they can remember to get Summer Road Ready!
(click on each image to open an activity guide)
Wearing cardboard cars, get students to complete and obstacle course under different conditions to demonstrate the effects of speed on safety.
Run a competition where young people compete with their peers to see who can change a tyre the fastest. Teach a valuable road safety skill whilst having fun!
Place SADD Advisory Notices on the windscreen of cars at school to raise awareness of key road safety issues and to promote safe choices. These can be found in the downloads section.
Challenge participants to complete a task under different time conditions to demonstrate the effect of speed on concentration and reaction times.