You have to demonstrate the effect on the human body of a crash at various speeds and various rates of deceleration, for example:

•        Two vehicles, head on at a combined speed 140 mph;

•        A car hitting tree which does not give;

•        Sliding along a motorway crash barrier.

This can be shown in terms of the physics and mathematics involved, but it would be good if a practical demonstration of the effects could be shown – perhaps using a round fruit to represent the human head and subjecting it to various impacts to mirror the effect of a crash; using an incline plane to run a trolley down to the fruit.  This surface could be adjustable to achieve different rates of velocity for the ‘vehicle’.

Please add in some short examples of actual damage to the human body from crashes at various speeds.

How does your investigation match up with research conducted by others?

Crash dummies have traditionally been used for safety/injury tests.

Develop a short, humorous scene between crash dummies bemoaning their lot.

Try to make your presentation interesting and lively.

Starting from the vehicle(s) involved and widening out, work out who is affected by a fatal crash.  Try to represent this in a diagram, perhaps showing the ripple effect, or rings of consequences spreading from the crash at the diagram’s centre.  Try to make the diagram visually interesting.

Can you prioritise those affected; primary, secondary, tertiary?

You could also research websites dedicated to testimonials for those killed on the roads.

Please develop and be prepared to show one or two short scenes which capture something about the consequences of a fatal crash.

Try to make your presentation interesting and lively.

What are the car and component manufacturers doing to make cars safer?  Describe developments in:

•        Road surfaces.

•        Tyres and traction.

•        Brakes.

•        Airbags.

•        Seatbelts.

•        Vehicle body construction.

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Look at how cars are tested and which cars come out well and not so well. Many 4x4 drivers will tell you that they buy the vehicles for their family’s safety. Are they really that safe?

Interview people who own such vehicles and share your results at the conference.

Try to make your presentation interesting and lively.

Some say they are just a way of raising money for Government, others see them as essential in creating safer roads.  How much money is raised by speed cameras?  What is it spent on? Find out about the different types of camera used.  How many cameras have Devon County Council?  What is their policy towards their use? Do other countries use them? Outline the main arguments in the debate and conduct and organise a vote amongst your school colleagues and/or the conference delegates on a well-worded motion: ‘This conference believes that …………..’

Try to make your presentation interesting and lively.

What happens following a fatal crash? A great number of people are mobilized to deal with the consequences of it.

·       Outline the sequence of events

·       Show which services take action.

·       Calculate the cost and how is this made up.

·       Make a breakdown of the costs.

·       What ongoing costs are there?

Try to present this information in an interesting visual way, using graphics as well as text.

Try to make your presentation interesting and lively.

·       What measures are already in place to help young drivers reduce risk?

·       What government proposals are being considered to further reduce the risks?

·       What more could be done? Please consider other ideas, even radical measures.

·       What will YOU do to avoid the accident like to one which killed Simon?

Develop a short scene in which an individual takes positive action to avoid risk.  Please be prepared to perform this at the conference.

Try to make your presentation interesting and lively.

How can these categorised.  Show the frequency of injury by type.

How are these influenced by:

•        Speed?

•        Road conditions?

•        Weather conditions?

•        Different makes of car?

•        Rural/urban conditions?

•        Types of crash?

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Develop a short monologue of a young person describing the way they were injured in a crash.

Try to make your presentation interesting and lively.

What are the ‘cultural signals’ surrounding young people and cars?

e.g. subs, exhausts, makes, accessories, colours, decals, places to drive/meet, passengers, driving style.

What are the ‘meanings’ attached to the car for young people?

How does the media portray young drivers and is this an accurate portrayal?

Develop and perform a piece of poetry or rap which shows the place of cars in youth culture.

Try to make your presentation interesting and lively.