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Andrew Priest
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From the Adealid Now.com.au at http://snipurl.com/peep/1polu
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Andrew
L-PLATE students have a chance to win a new Volvo C30 if they take
part in a website questionnaire designed to build cyclist safety into
driver education.
In an Australian first, the new Road Right program has been designed
by the the Amy Gillett Foundation to cut down the 70 cyclist
fatalitiest each year.
Today, Mary Safe, mother of the champion Australian cyclist, who was
killed while training two years ago in Germany, launched the program
at Annesley College, her daughter Amy's old school.
The three-year national road safety program is an online questionnaire
at www.amygillette.org.au and along with thousands of dollars worth of
prizes, one lucky participant each year will win a new Volvo C30 motor
vehicle valued at $34,450.
"Our campaign is targeted at the 16-year-old learner drivers and in
2005 more than 373,000 learners permits were issued," Mrs Safe told an
assembly of Annesley College senior students today.
"Learners are going to be the drivers of the future and we want them
to be a lot more aware while on the road and to know how to take care
when they come across cyclists.
"Amy isn't the only cyclist killed on the road.
"when you lose a child, you need to find a reason to go on with your
life and the foundation has given a purpose, a direction again.
"She is still with me, today and she would be saying `good on you,
mum'."
Then Annesley College Year 12 student and learner driver took the
wheel of the C30 to drive the director of road safety in the
Department of Transport, Martin Small for a drive. Alongside, sharing
the road was Annesley junior school student Izzy Farmer, 11, who rides
her bike to school from Goodwood each day.
And in a poignant coincidence early this morning, Mrs Safe heard from
champion Australian cyclist, Lorian Graham, who was road training with
Amy on July 18, 2005 when she was struck and killed by a car in
Germany, has been selected in the Australian cycling road team.
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From the Adealid Now.com.au at http://snipurl.com/peep/1polu
Regards
Andrew
L-PLATE students have a chance to win a new Volvo C30 if they take
part in a website questionnaire designed to build cyclist safety into
driver education.
In an Australian first, the new Road Right program has been designed
by the the Amy Gillett Foundation to cut down the 70 cyclist
fatalitiest each year.
Today, Mary Safe, mother of the champion Australian cyclist, who was
killed while training two years ago in Germany, launched the program
at Annesley College, her daughter Amy's old school.
The three-year national road safety program is an online questionnaire
at www.amygillette.org.au and along with thousands of dollars worth of
prizes, one lucky participant each year will win a new Volvo C30 motor
vehicle valued at $34,450.
"Our campaign is targeted at the 16-year-old learner drivers and in
2005 more than 373,000 learners permits were issued," Mrs Safe told an
assembly of Annesley College senior students today.
"Learners are going to be the drivers of the future and we want them
to be a lot more aware while on the road and to know how to take care
when they come across cyclists.
"Amy isn't the only cyclist killed on the road.
"when you lose a child, you need to find a reason to go on with your
life and the foundation has given a purpose, a direction again.
"She is still with me, today and she would be saying `good on you,
mum'."
Then Annesley College Year 12 student and learner driver took the
wheel of the C30 to drive the director of road safety in the
Department of Transport, Martin Small for a drive. Alongside, sharing
the road was Annesley junior school student Izzy Farmer, 11, who rides
her bike to school from Goodwood each day.
And in a poignant coincidence early this morning, Mrs Safe heard from
champion Australian cyclist, Lorian Graham, who was road training with
Amy on July 18, 2005 when she was struck and killed by a car in
Germany, has been selected in the Australian cycling road team.
-----
Churchlands, Western Australia
Giant CRX 1; Giant Boulder SE
http://aushiker.com http://backpackgeartest.org http://geocaching.com.au