Cars, carnage and death on the roads - is it really ok to scare children with graphic pictures of crashes?

Jul 11, 2019, 11:05 AM

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Most of us will be familiar with our pretty shocking Road Safety Ads here. Almost half of adults surveyed think young drivers should be shown graphic images of accidents to shock them into less risky behaviour on the road. Nearly a third agreed that these should be shown to primary school children. That's according to new research from road safety campaigners, Brake. Is primary school too early to be shocked into the dangers of the road? Vinny spoke to former advertising executive David Lyle and Siobhan O'Connor from the Irish Mirror.