A Newry insurance company has joined forces to with road safety charity BRAKE with the intention of continuing to educate young droivers in Newry of the clear dangers present on the country’s roads. In order to combat this Autoline has had a large number of staff from its regional branches trained as part of BRAKE’s “2 Young 2 Die” project. The campaign uses hard hitting videos and statistics along with discussion based work shops to get key messages on issues such as speed alcohol and drugs, distractions and the consequences of crashes across to young drivers and passengers. With the new school year approaching Autoline are calling on schools in Newry to get involved in the “2 Young 2 Die” campaign and host a BRAKE workshop to get across the serious messages of road safety to student drivers. Last year Autoline Insurance Group carried out over 30 of these informative and insightful work shops in schools all over Northern Ireland. Michael Blaney Managing Director Autoline Insurance Group said: “We first started working for BRAKE in 2013 and it was fantastic to see the number of schools and organisations that were so keen to get involved. We experienced the genuine interest and at times shock as pupils and teachers alike realized the dangers present on Northern Ireland’s roads. The work carried out by our staff during last year’s campaign has helped change the mindsets of many young drivers. This year we want to significantly increase the number of young drivers we meet in order to improve the safety on Northern Ireland’s roads. As a local insurance broker our aim is to make our roads safer for our customers and the wider community and that is why we are acting as ambassadors to the BRAKE charity once again. The ultimate aim is to dramatically reduce road deaths and serious crashes through education and monitoring while making car insurance more affordable for our customers.” BRAKE is an independent road safety charity. BRAKE exists to stop the 5 deaths and 63 serious injuries that happen on UK roads every day and to care for families bereaved and seriously injured in road crashes. Joe Burns, spokesperson for BRAKE said: “We are absolutely delighted to be renewing our partnership with Autoline for another year through our 2 Young 2 Die campaign and workshops. These workshops give young people the opportunity to think through the consequences of dangerous driving and the responsibilities and risks they face of the roads – and this is vital given how young people between the ages of 16 to 24 are at the most at risk group on our roads. Last year these workshops were a tremendous success and we are looking forward to further successes this year as Autoline look to reach even more young people throughout Northern Ireland. For further Information about how your school or organization can participate in the 2 Young 2 Die programme please contact Claire Murphy at Autoline Insurance Group on 02830259033
Newry Democrat
26th August 2014
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