Meabh White, who was seriously injured in a road traffic collision eight years ago, warned young drivers about the dangers of speeding during the launch of a new Road Safety Authority Transition Year Programme.
A young woman who was seriously injured in a road traffic collision eight years ago has warned young drivers “You are operating a loaded weapon and speed kills.”
Meabh, from Co Roscommon, is now a second year student studying Pharmacy in the Royal College of Surgeons, said she “very nearly didn’t” make it to college. “On July 9, 2016 I was involved in a very, very serious double impact road traffic collision where I ended up on life support in Temple Street Children’s Hospital,” Meabh said at the Road Safety Matters launch.
“That time we left to go to a party, our mum didn’t come back for a month afterwards and when she did she was in a wheelchair. So I am urging all young people now that going into TY and any young people on the roads and any drivers, when you are on the road, you are operating a loaded weapon and speed kills.
“Education is always one of the contributors to reducing death and serious injury on our roads,” said Paula Hilman, Assistant Commissioner for Roads Policing and Community Engagement at An Garda Siochana. “So it’s a totally collaborative approach. So why we will be playing our part, we will continue to play our part in terms of road policing but equally the Minister has referenced community gardai who also have that responsibility for community gardai in the schools programme.
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