Making a Difference Newsletter - April 3 2008

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Richard Barter (NZ-Micro Enterprise)

From: [email protected] on behalf of Richard Barter [[email protected]]

Sent: Thursday, 3 April 2008 7:58 a.m.

To: Rob Holding; Richard Barter (NZ-Micro Enterprise)

Subject: Making a Difference Looking after your mates on the road April 3rd 2008 Richard Barter

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Hi Rob,

This story is pretty over the top! SADD sounds like a great idea. Much better than old guys like ustrying to tell kids to slow down!!

Looking forward to talking this afternoon.

Warmly

Richard

Blowing off steam,' says teen clocked at178km/h

5:00AM Thursday April 03, 2008By Elizabeth Binning

The number on the right of the panel is the speed at which the police car was travelling.

A teenager clocked doing 178km/h through a notoriously dangerous intersection told police he wassimply "blowing off steam".

Stunned officers say there is no excuse for the 19-year-old's irresponsible driving, especially as hehad two passengers.

"It was absolutely mad to drive like that," said Senior Sergeant Andrew Berry, tactical co-ordinatorfor Counties Manukau East police.

Mr Berry said a constable in a patrol car was driving north along Te Irirangi Drive on Sunday nightwhen his radar picked up the teenager's Japanese import coming through the Ormiston Rdintersection.

"He initially thought the radar gave him a mistaken reading because he couldn't see the car. Then hesaw it coming, locked it at 178 and it came through the intersection so quick that he couldn't even geta registration."


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The officer found the car stopped at the next traffic lights, where the driver explained travelling atmore than twice the 80km/h limit by saying he was blowing off steam.

Mr Berry said: "There are some of our most dangerous intersections along Te Irirangi Drive,Ormiston being one of them, and he blows through that intersection so fast that the first thing theofficer knew that the car was coming was when the radar picked him up at that speed."

If the car had collided with another vehicle, the combined impact speed would have been about250km/h, which would have been "certainly fatal to the three occupants of the offending vehicle plusanybody they collided with".

The teenager was charged with driving at a dangerous speed and operating a vehicle recklessly, andhis car was confiscated.

SADD is a peer education programme that has been in New Zealand for almost 20 years. Theprimary objective of SADD is to reduce the harm caused on our roads by drink drivers. The peereducation programme is run in secondary schools by students, independently of the schoolcurriculum. The organisation is open to any student and SADD encourages participation from acrossthe year levels.

SADD believes in the capacity of our youth to take action and to create change. Our initiatives andkey messages are driven by young people for young people. SADD is an adaptable programme enabling students to design and present their activities and events in a way that caters to the uniqueenvironment and culture of their school or community.

We are a charitable organisation governed by the AA Driver Education Foundation and supported byan Advisory Group consisting of members from our key stakeholder partners such as Land TransportNZ, The Police and ACC.

Mission

To contribute to reducing road deaths and injuries from drink driving by promoting positivebehaviour change in 13-17 year olds.

Vision

New Zealand young people are not drink-driving.

Brief History

1981 SADD (Students Against Driving Drunk) was founded in America (Massachusetts).

1985 The SADD concept is introduced to New Zealand by an American Exchange Student toMahurangi College in Warkworth.

1987 Wangauni Girls College hear of SADD and introduce the concept to their school.TheSADD concept is looked at for a national initiative and work is undertaken to make the conceptrelevant to NZ students. At the end of this year SADD becomes a national organisation.

1988 Resources are sent to every secondary school in NZ.

1988 SADD becomes a recognised programme in schools around the country. Through the1990's and early 2000's SADD has a strong presence in many schools and communities. Theorganisation holds Annual National Conferences and Regional Workshops and gains guidance and

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support from national road safety and health organisations. Thousands of students have contributedto SADD since its beginning.

2004 SADD undergoes an evaluation through the support of national partners such as LandTransport New Zealand; The New Zealand Police; The Automobile Association; The Ministry ofHealth and The Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC). An updated strategic direction forSADD is drafted following the recommendations of the evaluation. At the end of this year the RoadSafety Trust commits the support of three (3) years operational funding and becomes SADD'sprincipal funder.

2005 The new SADD team is appointed with a National Manager in Wellington and fourRegional Coordinators based in Hamilton; Napier; Christchurch and Dunedin. Work begins on there-structuring of the organisation and the development of a new SADD programme.

Our Strategy Moving Forward

Social GoalsGoal 1: Young people choose alternatives to drinking and drivingGoal 2: Young people are positively influencing older people's behaviourGoal 3: Young people are looking after each otherGoal 4: Drink driving among secondary school students is seen as socially unacceptable.

Strategic Steps SADD aims to focus on high risk areas for youth drink driving as its primary target group.

District Crashes involving 13-17 Compared to NZ average

year old alcohol affected

drivers per 1000 population

Otorohonga 8.6 3.6 times worse

Wairoa 8.6 3.6 times worse

Gore 7.8 3.25 times worse

Waimate 7.5 3.13 times worse

Central Otago 6.7 2.8 times worse

Carterton 6.0 2.5

Far North 5.7 2.38

Waitomo 5.7 2.38

Horowhenua 5.5 2.3

Whakatane 5.0 2.1

Mackenzie 5.0 2.1

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Southland 4.8 2

Waitaki 4.6 1.9

Invercargill 4.6 1.9

Clutha 4.5 1.88

NZ average 2.4 1

SADD aims to support other schools/areas within NZ (secondary target group) with an updatedand more effective programme.

SADD will provide greater opportunities for student membership such as a passive websitemembership where students can access information and tools.

SADD will develop a website to further enhance the new programme and support students

nationally with delivering the programme.

SADD will continue to develop and improve its operational procedures to better support thenetwork of SADD students nationally.

www.sadd.org.nz

Julie SoperActing National Manager

The Annexe, Upstart House329 Princes StreetPO Box [email protected]

(03) 470 1719

--richard barter | manager resource development | TEAR Fund NZ

Ph +64 9 620 3014 | freephone 0800 800 061 | fx +64 9 629 1050 | cell 021 277 | 1213 po box 8315auckland | 159d stoddard road, mount roskill | [email protected] | www.tearfund.org.nz

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