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Events
Achieving the goal of Fatality Free Friday requires a community approach. We cannot do it alone. Fatality Free Friday spearheads an overall awareness campaign nationally. We seek to collaborate with other events held around the country that are added to this page as they take shape.
Keep checking back for updates on Fatality Free Friday 2010 events - or why not organise an event yourself? For ideas, you can check out events staged for Fatality Free Friday in previous years. Just click on the links at the right.
Events In 2010
Dangerous Driving Seminar -
Monday 24 May 2010
Year 12 Students at Sunshine Beach State High School are organising an educational presentation on dangerous driving and what type of preventative measures are in place. Fatality Free Friday materials are being displayed around the school and the students are encouraging their classmates to 'take the pledge' on Fatality Free Friday and promote safe driving within our community.
1500 Pairs of Shoes Representing Lives Lost On The Roads - Melbourne and Brisbane - Friday 28 May 2010
The lives of 1500 Australians lost on the roads each year will be dramatically remembered with a special event taking place on Fatality Free Friday, 28 May 2010 in Brisbane and Melbourne. 1500 pairs of shoes – each one representing a life lost on the roads – will be lined up in Reddacliff Place, Brisbane and on the steps of Federation Square Melbourne between 9am and noon. In Brisbane the event will be attended by Queensland Police and emergency services representatives who will conduct road safety demonstrations. There will be an outside broadcast by the 4BC Greg Cary Morning Show and a Take the Fatality Free Friday Pledge drive. In Melbourne, the pledge drive will be hosted by Fatality Free Friday patron, Bev Brock and V8 Supercar driver Mark Winterbottom. Also attending the Melbourne event will be representatives from Victoria Police and the TAC. More information.
Safe Vehicles Display and FFF Pledge Signing - Friday 28 May 2010
The Western Australia Office of Road Safety is staging a display and pledge signing at Karrinyup Shopping Centre on Fatility Free Friday. Office of Road Safety Event and Project Consultant John Doak says visitors can learn about the types of safety features they should be looking for when buying a car and also sign the Fatality Free Friday pledge. More information: FFF on the WA Office of Road Safety Website; WA Office of Road Safety Safer Vehicles Campaign.
Fatality Free Friday Pledge Signing at Shoalhaven - Friday 28 May 2010
Officers of the Shoalhaven City Council on NSW south coast are organising a pledge signing day on Fatality Free Friday at the main intersection in Nowra - at Junction Court corner of Kinghorne St and Junction St, Nowra. They will set up a table and invite people to sign the pledge. Also in June and July, the Shoalhaven City Council is running a 'Skilled or Be Killed' young drivers scheme in which participating Year 10 students will sign up for Fatality Free Friday for the year ahead.
The Shoalhaven pledge signing will take place between 8.30am and 12.30pm with City Mayor Councillor Paul Green signing the pledge at 10am. “I invite all citizens of the city to sign the Fatality Free Friday Pledge at Junction Court and keep it in a prominent area at home and at work,” Clr Green said.
Highlighting the Medical Impact of Road Crashes and Signing the Pledge - Friday 28 May 2010
In a partnership between the Bays Community Hospital and the Mornington Peninsula Shire, Bays Community Hospital on Main Street, Mornington, Victoria will be setting up a display of 230 items of medical equipment on Fatality Free Friday. Organiser Robin Tiffany recognised the impact of the FFF 'shoes' displays and decided to stage a similar display highlighting the average number of people seriously injured on Mornington Peninsula Shire Roads each year - 230 serious injuries on top of 10 fatalities.
11am to 1pm Event_Details: Every year on average 230 people are seriously injured on the Mornington Peninsula Shire Roads. The 230 items of medical equipment will represent the people injured and the effort spent in treatment of them. Peninsula DriveSafe will invite every one who attends the display to sign a public pledge to drive safely to reduce this number. The Mornington Peninsula Shire will issue a press release and publish a public invitation to attend the event and sign the public pledge banner drawing attention to Road Safety for that day.
Promoting Fatality Free Friday To The Media
Darwin Fireman Matt Adamson requested information so that he and his workmates in Northern Territory Police, Fire and Emergency Services could promote the day to their local media.
The World's Largest Driving Lesson - 28 April 2010
Join in the attempt to set a new world record on 28 April (one month before Fatality Free Friday) and help launch Fatality Free Friday 2010. More information.
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