Youngsters shown consequences of dangerous driving

February 24 2011

Pupils at one Somerset school were provided with a realistic demonstration this week on the consequences of dangerous driving.

Students from Buckler's Mead Community School were given a talk by firefighters who then demonstrated how they would cut victims from a wreckage following a crash, the Somerset Guardian reports.

Pupil Brendan Timewell, 15, was one of those selected to volunteer as a mock victim.

"I was a bit nervous when they were using the cutting tools so close to me. If everyone could experience that they would all drive a lot safer," he told the newspaper.

Deputy headteacher Helen Readman hailed the demonstration a success.

"It was a fantastic learning experience and I am quite sure we now have some safer drivers of the future," she commented.

"They've been really interested and I think found some of it unexpected."

In other Somerset education news, a group of pupils from St Benedict's School in Midsomer Norton were celebrating this week after coming third in the England and Ireland First Lego League Final.

Posted by Andrew Jones

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