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Local Driver Awareness Program On The Road To Success

BRAKE announces a link with the Gold Coast Blaze that sees several of Blaze’s most talented players become BRAKE ambassadors

BRAKE Talks to the Jimboomba Quota and Rotary Clubs

BRAKE's Steve Allan and Leonie Deaves from Bendigo Bank talk to local services clubs about the need for Driver Awareness programs

Bendigo Community Bank Provides $40,000 to Support BRAKE in Logan

Chairman of the Logan Community Bank Branch of Bendigo Bank, Mr Colin Nelson presents BRAKE CEO Rob Duncan with first installment of funding

Trevor Hendy portrait painting by Andrew Grech up for Auction

Inspirational contemporary artist donates his work to BRAKE for silent auction

Recent Blogs

BRAKE First 500

BRAKE gets Gold Coast City Council Funding

Jimboomba Rotary and Jimboomba Quota support

Our Founder

In 2004, Police Sergeant Rob Duncan was tired of being called to fatal road crashes involving teenage drivers. Knocking on the doors of distraught parents to tell their child has just died in a car crash was part of the job. He believed there had to be a better way to train young drivers so he founded the BRAKE Driver Awareness Program in 2006.
Sergeant Duncan received the Australian Commendation for Brave Conduct, the Royal Humane Society of Australasia Silver Medal for Bravery and the Commissioner's Commendation for Bravery in 2006.
Read Rob's Blog . . .

Our Sponsors

Our Patron

Noni Hazlehurst A.M
National Ambassador

Would you do anything you could to prevent a young boy or girl being involved in a serious car crash?

Would your school, community, company or organization support an initiative that was capable of significantly decreasing the number of horrific crashes that affect so many of our precious young people and their families?

If the answer to either of these questions is YES (and how could it not be?), I urge you to support the BRAKE program in any way you can.

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New BRAKE Posters & Brochures

As part of BRAKE's decision to take the Driver Awareness program throughout Queensland in the next three years, we have developed a series of marketing aids to help community groups, schools and government bodies bring the issues of youth car deaths and road trauma to the forefront in their communities.

The marketing aids include brochures, posters and a new website. Below are a series of five poster that explore the youth road awareness issues and discusses them in the BRAKE way.

Please contact us if you want to use these materials in your community.

BRAKE Talks to the Jimboomba Quota and Rotary Clubs

BRAKE's Steve Allan and Leonie Deaves from Bendigo Bank talk to local services clubs about the need for Driver Awareness programs

Jimboomba's Quota and Rotary club members fell silent at the combined dinner last week as they heard about the number of young drivers being injured and killed on our roads.

BRAKE - A Research Based Solution

International, National and State research has highlighted the high level of involvement of novice drivers in motor vehicle crashes

In Australia, research has identified that novice drivers represent about 12% of licensed drivers, yet represent close to 30% of fatality crashes (double). Research has also shown that the first six months after obtaining a license is the most dangerous period

Brake Students Earn 1 QCE Point

By successfully completing a Brake course, students gain vaulable points

The Brake Driver Awareness Course has been formally recognised by Education Queensland by awarding students one QCE point when they successfully complete the eight part Brake course.

Last year more than 500 students boosted their academic entry scores. Brake now has over 50 schools participating in the innovative Driver Education courses.

Weekly Survey

1. What is the major cause of road accidents amongst young drivers?

Inattention (2)

13%

Poor training (1)

Speeding (3)

20%

Other teenagers in the car (5)

33%

Road conditions (1)

Alcohol or drugs (3)

20%

Other (0)

2. At what age are young brains fully formed into adult brains

18 (2)

17%

21 (1)

25 (9)

75%

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BRAKE spreads its message with a social model. Teenage road trauma touches everyone - the young adults involved and their parents of course - but also the wider community is impacted, from grass roots to government. We believe that addressing road safety will be most effective when initiatives come from the grass roots level.

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