KS4 PSHE Road Safety: Passenger Power

Sponsored by sustainable mobility specialist, Arval UK, ‘Passenger Power’ is a KS4 PSHE lesson which aims to empower young people to challenge risks to their personal safety as a passenger in a vehicle.

The lesson aimed at year 10:

• Is aligned with the PSHE Association objectives for Health and Wellbeing and Relationships
• Promotes key themes from the UN Sustainable Development Goals and British Values
• Addresses common road safety issues (known as the ‘Fatal four’ – Speed, Mobile phones/Distractions, Drink & Drugs and non-use of seatbelts)
• Explores the psychology behind peer pressure, brain development and how that is relevant to young people
• Provides opportunities for students to create strategies to deal with peer-pressure in an assertive way that will keep themselves and their friends safe
• Equips students with the transferable skills to challenge others when they are in any unsafe situation
• Includes bespoke animations created specifically for this lesson, with relevant and relatable content
• Includes a detailed lesson plan and PowerPoint with all media embedded (please click ‘enable external content’ once the PowerPoint has been downloaded).

For a number of reasons, young people remain one of the most vulnerable group of road users in the UK. As part of our delivery and evaluation of other road safety initiatives, students have told us that they often feel uncomfortable challenging dangerous driving as a passenger. Our hope is that this lesson provides the tools and opportunity to develop the crucial life-skill of responding assertively in these difficult situations.