RYDA New Zealand Limited Rotary Clubs of New Zealand Youth Driver Awareness Programme

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RYDA New Zealand LimitedRotary Clubs of New
ZealandYouth Driver Awareness Programme
Approved project of Rotary Districts 9910, 9920,
9930 and 9970 Participating Districts 9940 9980
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RYDA Program

• Road safety education program for youth
• Aim to help reduce trauma on our roads
• Best Practice Program nationally reviewed
• Available to all year 15 16 year olds

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The Problem

• Young drivers (aged 1519) are
• 7 times more likely to crash than older drivers
  (45-49) females 6 times
• at fault in 79 of serious injury crashes in
  which they are involved
• at fault in 83 of fatal crashes in which they
  are involved

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Community - Sharing the Burden

• Program sustainability requires a sharing of the
  burden
• Road safety is a responsibility we all share
• Councils,
• Government agencies
• Transport, Police, Education, Health/ACC
• Business and philanthropic community
• Parents and our youth

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RYDA programme modules

• Stopping Distances
• Safe Celebrating and Fatigue reducing the risk
  
• Crashes Do Happen - Personal Histories
• Hazard Perception
• Its Your Decision - you choose
• Finance and Insurance

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RYDA in 2009

• Programmes run in 2008/9 year in
• Far North
• Whangarei
• North Shore
• Auckland
• Manukau
• Pukekohe
• Rotorua
• Christchurch
• Nationally - 4500 students, 47 schools

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2009 - 2010

• In 2009/10 we delivered to over 70 schools and
  7000 students in
• Far North
• Whangarei
• North Shore
• Auckland
• Manukau
• Pukekohe
• Rotorua
• Christchurch
• Nelson
• Working with D9940 for 2010/11 launch

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2009 - 2010

• In 2009/10 we delivered to over 70 schools and
  7000 students in
• Far North
• Whangarei
• North Shore
• Auckland
• Manukau
• Pukekohe
• Rotorua
• Christchurch
• Nelson
• Working with D9940 for 2010/11 launch

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2010 - 2011

• Expand the programme to include
• Palmerston North
• Wellington
• Dunedin
• Invercargill
• Other centres as requested

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The Future

• Eventually deliver to 80 of all Year 11 students
• Mid term goal deliver to 20,000 students by 2012
• 2010/11 goal deliver to 11,000 students

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COSTS

• Programme costs vary according to venue
• Cost is about 35 per day per student
• Students/schools asked to contribute and we
  discuss this with the school (10)
• Balance is raised locally Council, Rotary, in
  kind, other
• Rotary usually 500 to 1000, some more
• BOC and NZ Steel sponsorship
• No student should miss out

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What can your Rotary Club do?

• RYDA is a Rotary initiative District Committee
• Local knowledge and relationships
• Volunteers on the day usually 7
• Some financial support depending on club
  commitments and size of the club
• No student should miss out for financial reasons

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RYDA National Structure

• RYDA NZ Board - Rotarians
• Rotary Districts of NZ Committee (RDNZC) chaired
  by PDG 9910 Ken Linkhorn
• District Chairs appointed by DG in all Districts
• RYDA CEO, Tony Culliney (Auckland base, Mt Eden
  Club)

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Where to now ....?

• Rotary Club Agreement
• Club makes contact with school
• One liaison person at school identified
• RYDA makes all arrangements
• School books into programme on agreed date
• Club agrees a donation
• Six volunteers on the day
• Schools agrees a fee

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The Opportunity is ours

• Helping keep our young people safe
• Communities working together
• Rotary taking leadership
• How much value can we put on saving a life?
• Get involved - the life you save could be
  someone you love