Mystery Tour of Life program

@JudyEv (382104)
Rockingham, Australia
October 24, 2025 8:18pm CST
An interesting news article I read this morning tells of a program called Mystery Tour of Life being run in Bridgetown, Western Australia. Year 10 students who would be aged 15-16 are bussed to a street teeming with emergency services and police where two cars have supposedly crashed head-on. An actor plays the part of a person trapped in a car and the jaws of life are used to free them before they’re taken off in an ambulance. They then visit an operating theatre, morgue and funeral directors. Later, they are addressed by parents who have lost children in road accidents. The program has been running for 11 years. While confronting, the students believed the program was worthwhile in preparing them for the time when they’d be driving. You can read more here. The photo is the time we played a prank on our friend when we were looking after her car.
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (222417)
• United States
25 Oct
I've heard of this done here in the States. I hope it makes an impression on the students.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382104)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Oct
The kids all looked pretty serious about it.
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changjiangzhibin89
@changjiangzhibin89 (17240)
• China
25 Oct
The road safety education goes a long way towards cultivating Year 10 students' road safety awareness.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382104)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Oct
Hopefully it will make them a bit more aware of the dangers.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502491)
• Italy
25 Oct
It's a good system to teach them what they must expect once they will be on the roads. Good photo, I am sure your friend was concerned.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502491)
• Italy
27 Oct
@JudyEv The prank did not work.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382104)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Oct
@LadyDuck I think I've written about it before. We put her car in all sorts of compromising situations then did a calendar for her. She really loved that car. Here it is playing hide and seek.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382104)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Oct
She knew us well enough to not be too worried.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174482)
• United States
25 Oct
When Pretty was in school, the school started doing that program, too. Pretty was a "victim" in a car accident and was covered in fake blood before being driven away in an ambulance. (The fake blood stained her jeans and I couldn't get the color out of them again.) I thought it was a good program back then. I don't know if the school still does that or not.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382104)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Oct
Bummer about the jeans. I think it is a good scheme. It should really be brought in in more schools.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174482)
• United States
27 Oct
@JudyEv I didn't worry too hard about the jeans. Her mom bought them for her.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382104)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Oct
@DaddyEvil Oh, that's okay then!
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Loretta
@noni1959 (13048)
• United States
25 Oct
This is an amazing program. Some cities in the US have traveling totaled cars on trailers to show teens what drinking and driving can cause. They are actual cars teens were killed in when they were drinking. It's very sobering.
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Loretta
@noni1959 (13048)
• United States
28 Oct
@JudyEv Even if it stops one, it's made the impact. It boggles my mind to see the news with people still driving drunk.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382104)
• Rockingham, Australia
28 Oct
@noni1959 And how often do the drunks come through with the least injuries?
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382104)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Oct
We see these parked in towns from time to time. Hopefully it helps makes people a bit more careful when they're driving.
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Nevena Zivkovic
@Nevena83 (66063)
• Serbia
25 Oct
That's good education. Many young drivers die in traffic accidents here and have for several years. And the cause of those accidents is always speeding.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382104)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Oct
Inexperience and speed are a bad mix on the road.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382104)
• Rockingham, Australia
28 Oct
@Nevena83 And I suppose he escaped with very few injuries. That is usually what happens.
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Nevena Zivkovic
@Nevena83 (66063)
• Serbia
31 Oct
@JudyEv Yes, he didn't have any major injuries, but he ruined his youth, his life, because he ended up in prison, I still don't know for how many years.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (120756)
• United States
25 Oct
Good! These kids need some scaring! They always think nothing bad will ever happen to them.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382104)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Oct
True. I think it's a good thing. The article says nothing is exaggerated or blown out of proportion.
snowy
@snowy22315 (208945)
• United States
25 Oct
Makes them thunk I guess
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382104)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Oct
You would have to hope so.
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ultraman cosmos
@id_peace (17036)
• Singapore
25 Oct
This is an interesting program which I think it is worthwhile to continue.
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ultraman cosmos
@id_peace (17036)
• Singapore
1 Nov
@JudyEv That is worthwhile to continue since the programme really did well
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (135770)
• Marion, Ohio
25 Oct
I hope it makes them all think
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382104)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Oct
Speed and inexperience is a bad mix.
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RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (98004)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
25 Oct
That sounds very interesing and probably would have enjoyed participating when I was a teenager,
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382104)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Oct
I'm sure they would have learnt a lot from it.
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Shiva
@Shiva49 (28385)
• Singapore
25 Oct
That prank could have led to a heart attack, but she would have been made of sterner stuff. It is good that life realities are driven home in young minds.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382104)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Oct
Our friend wasn't really concerned. We did a series of photos and ended up making her a calendar. Here is one where we said her car was coming home late from a party.
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Dena Miller
@Dena91 (17039)
• United States
25 Oct
That is a good way to teach them important lessons that come from the privilege of being able to drive. When I was in high school, we had to watch videos of actual accidents from around the country.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382104)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Oct
Anything that helps make young people aware of the dangers is a good thing.
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Ali Canary
@AliCanary (4427)
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25 Oct
Wow, that would make quite an impression.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382104)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Oct
By the expressions on the faces, it certainly did.
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