Programme history · Published
Preparing to bring RYDA 3.0 to schools
Rightway and Coastwide instructors attended training for an updated RYDA programme in preparation for its delivery to Queensland school communities in 2015.
The original announcement described the schools' longstanding work with Road Safety Education (RSE) in South East Queensland and their support for youth road safety education.
The RYDA graphic used in the original announcement.
Training photograph published with the Rightway and Coastwide RYDA update.
What changed in the 2015 programme?
RYDA 3.0 introduced revised content and a student workbook. The workbook gave students space to record responses, tips and actions, with resources to continue the discussion at school and at home.
The announcement described a programme supporting:
- Discussion of speeding, drink and drug driving, fatigue, seatbelts and distraction.
- Graduated licensing and the legal, government and community measures supporting road safety.
- Teachers' role in continuing the learning through the school curriculum.
- Driving as a social responsibility, alongside the responsibilities of passengers.
Helping students think about risk
The planned activities asked students to recognise the risks and lasting consequences of car travel, consider factors contributing to crashes and reflect on their own behaviour as drivers and passengers.
Students were also encouraged to develop and rehearse personal strategies for managing risk, then identify practical changes they could make. These were the programme's educational aims, not a guarantee about an individual student's future driving.
“We are looking forward to delivering the new program to Queensland school communities over 2015.”
Howard Dennerstein, then Managing Director of Rightway and Coastwide, in the original announcement.
Howard also described the input of stakeholders and RSE's Advisory Council, including Professor Barry Watson of CARRS-Q, in developing the programme. His comments reflected the team's enthusiasm for its educational purpose.
RYDA information today
For current programme information, school enquiries and resources for teachers, students and parents, visit Road Safety Education. The organisation's current programme information is separate from the 2015 account above.
This story is part of the history behind Coastwide's approach to learner driver education. Rightway's involvement remains credited as it was in the original record.