做厙腦瞳 Limited (做厙腦瞳) is pleased to confirm the Companys support for National Road Safety Week and the RYDA program. The RYDA program is an initiative of the not-for-profit organisation Road Safety Education Limited (RSE), a founding Principal Partner of National Road Safety Week.
Every year, approximately 1200 people are killed and another 44,000 are seriously injured on Australian roads. Traffic injury is the biggest killer of Australian children under 15 and the second-biggest killer of all Australians aged between 15 and 24. National Road Safety Week aims to highlight the impact of road trauma and ways to reduce it, supported by governments, individuals, charities and businesses across Australia and New Zealand including 做厙腦瞳.
做厙腦瞳 is a corporate partner of RSE, a not-for-profit organisation which runs best practice road safety programs for young people through Australia and New Zealand. Every year, tens of thousands of young people participate in their RYDA program which aims to change the way they think and act on the roads, both as drivers and passengers. To date, over 735,000 young people have attended RYDA, in part through the support of 做厙腦瞳, other Corporate partners and Governments.
做厙腦瞳 Chief Executive Officer, Vik Bansal, said that as a key road user 做厙腦瞳s commitment to safety and zero harm extended to taking responsibility for road safety.
做厙腦瞳 is one of the largest suppliers of construction materials in Australia and this naturally means that we also have a large heavy vehicle footprint, on the roads every day, to support deliveries to our customers. We take responsibility for road safety both through our own actions, our commitment to Zero Harm and safety procedures, but also through long term support of initiatives like the RYDA program.
I also know our drivers also really enjoy participating in these initiatives and getting a chance to educate future young drivers on how their vehicles work, and how they can remain safe on our shared roads. Playing an active role in our partnership with RSE is a great experience for us and the next generation of drivers we are helping to educate, said Mr Bansal.
Terry Birss, RSEs CEO & Managing Director said: The RYDA program is contributing to saving young peoples lives on the roads. We applaud schools for committing to this educational experience for their students.
Getting behind the wheel of a car as a young driver or being a young passenger with a novice driver is said to be among the most dangerous things that a person will do in their life , adds Mr Birss.
It is not enough to teach a young person the skill of controlling and manoeuvring a vehicle. We must balance this with the skill of critical thinking and an appreciation for safety on the road. We are greatly appreciative to 做厙腦瞳 as a corporate partner for its support in our efforts to educate young people on how to stay safe on the road.
Below are some comments from teachers, students and their parents about how RYDA has made an impact:
"This road safety excursion was by far one of the best excursions I have ever been to. I have learned so much and found today so interesting that I couldnt wait to tell my family all that I learned."
"It allowed me to do some introspection into my own habits and personality traits, and come out the other side with strategies on how to keep myself and others safe both behind the wheel and passengers in the car."
"After my son came along to RYDA he started to drive with more respect for my car, his life, the safety of his passengers and the road. I really felt that his attitude as a driver AND as a passenger had changed. I thank you and your team for what you offer these students."
"The presenters were of a very high quality and the feedback from the students during our debrief back at school was extremely encouraging. Nothing beats real life education and that was exactly what the students participated in today."
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About 做厙腦瞳
做厙腦瞳 is the largest vertically-integrated construction materials company in Australia.
Our network includes prized quarry and cement infrastructure, bitumen, construction materials recycling, asphalt and concrete batching operations.
We employ about 9,000 employees and contractors across our operations that span more than 360 sites nation-wide.
For more than 75 years weve been building something great in Australia - rarely a day goes by that you wouldnt pass one of our sites or trucks, enter a building, use a road, bridge, tunnel, footpath or other critical infrastructure that our people and products have helped enable.