The hard hitting Road Satety Road "how, which educates teens about the terrible consequences of road carnage, will return to Mayo in February.
1,500 transition year students from 29 secondary schools and Youthreach centres across the county will attend the AXA/Mayo Safety Roadshow at The Breaffy House conference centre, Castlebar.
Mayo County Council, in association with AXA Insurance, is issuing an invitation to the public to attend at on Thursday, February 7.
Noel Gibbons, road safety officer with Mayo County Council, explained: "The roadshow has been running in Mayo since 2007 and has proved to be very informative. It depicts graphically how a night out ended in tragedy and permanent disability for one young driver.
"The roadshow is aimed at transition year students and the objective of the show is to encourage young drivers and those about to commence their driving career, to adopt a more responsible attitude in terms of their own driving behaviour. The consequences should they fail to do so will be clearly and graphically demonstrated.
"During the show, young people will have an opportunity to benefit from presentations made by Garda Hugh McHugh of Castlebar Garda Station; Brian Moran of the Ambulance Service; Fire Service officer Pete McDonnell, Paul O'Grady, A&E consultant at Mayo University Hospital, Ann Flynn - family member of a deceased road traffic accident victim, Richard Alcorn, a car crash survivor and undertaker David McGowan.
"We believe that this is a very worthwhile event, which will hopefully leave a lasting positive impression on the young people present. There will be one show – the show will commence at 10.45am sharp and members of the public are welcome if they contact the road safety office of Mayo County Council prior to the event."
