Teenagers check out booze bus

The Traffic Alcohol Group from North Shore/Waitakere/Rodney District has faced questions on a wide variety of topics during a series of school visits, and a recent afternoon at Kelston Girls’ High School was no exception.



THERE WERE questions about recruitment, firearms, batons, pursuits, the Bill of Rights, driving without a licence and drink driving, as students looked at the results of drink driving and excessive speed with a video and photographic display. They also had the chance to check out the inside of a booze bus.

The TAG recently visited 10 secondary schools in the district targeting students from years 11, 12 and 13.

The initiative came from OC TAG, Senior Sergeant Wally Hobson, and TAG Assistant Delanie Halton. The aim is to make the teenagers more aware of the dangers of speed and drink driving. While the message was primarily about road safety there was also the chance to distribute pamphlets on the dangers of drink spiking and bullying.

The Kelston Girls’ High School visit was part of a day focusing on health. Teachers say some of the students face choices on a regular basis about alcohol and drugs, so the visit was a good opportunity to explain, in an interactive way, about the consequences of wrong choices.