Comments from students on the 2005 Mock Crash

"I think that the Emergency Services feel angry - that they have to use their time for someone who can't obey the road rules and drive safely, and if at night they have to wake up. And also worried as it could be someone they know"

"I learnt that there is also a lot more to a crash afterwards, specially with the insurance, that there were a lot of little things that could lose you a lot of money"

  Chantel Mason

"I learnt that it takes a lot longer than I thought because you can't just pull them out of the car. You have to cut the car to move them as little as possible" 

"I didn't know you lost so much money for not wearing a seatbelt, drinking etc"

  Jack Duldig

"It is a long and traumatic process, especially when the jaws of life must be used to cut out the victim" 

"You can be told the consequences of driving badly whether speeding or driving drunk 1000 times, but it is nowhere near as effective as watching it unfold"

 "I believe they (emergency services) are nervous, maybe even slightly sick at what they're about to encounter, but the adrenaline would take over,"

  Michael Plunkett

"In a small community like ours everyone knows everyone and are affected" 

Most vivid memory - "How many people were actually involved in the crash and who were helping"

  Amber Hartley

"Time is everything - a  person's life can change within seconds"

  Chris Sawers

Most vivid memory - "The (victim's) mother coming and pushing me out of her way"

  Steven Portnoff

"The CFS must be thinking 'I hope I don't know them'"

   Alex Parasiers