Pupils experience 'The Aftermath' of Another Fine Day

Bedfordshire Road Safety Team’s Another Fine Day young driver casualty reduction video has been used as the basis for a school participation day.

Three schools were selected to pilot the initiative, which is entitled Another Fine Day - The Aftermath.

There are several elements to ‘The Aftermath’ experience.

First, the original Another Fine Day video is shown to students in school early in the morning. Students are then taken to a hospital mortuary where the senior mortuary officer gives a stark reminder of what happens to a body in a fatal accident, and explains the procedure that relatives and loved ones go through.

The students then walk across town, passing the scene of the accident where the victim’s parents are grieving. They then move on to a Court where the coroner’s report is read out and the driver’s trial takes place. Finally, the driver receives a two-year prison sentence, is handcuffed and taken down to the cells.

The students then stand in silence for one minute as a mark of respect for the young driver who probably died during that day in the Bedfordshire region.

Afterwards the students chat with the judge, coroner and Court officials - and police, fire and ambulance officers who were on hand to give evidence.

The 75 students who participated in the pilot will be monitored over the next two years, along with a shadow group of 75 who did not, to determine the effectiveness of the scheme.

The Another Fine Day video is currently being edited and when this is complete it will be available as two DVD’s and a CD containing the scripts and a 30-page crash investigator’s report. This will enable others to duplicate the scheme, or schools to use it as the basis for their own TIE project. This revised package should be available in early autumn 2004.

For further information contact Bill Brady, Bill.Brady@bedscc.gov.uk.