Mystery Tour of Life program

@JudyEv (364776)
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 (204328)
• United States
20h
I've heard of this done here in the States. I hope it makes an impression on the students.
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changjiangzhibin89
@changjiangzhibin89 (17057)
• China
21h
The road safety education goes a long way towards cultivating Year 10 students' road safety awareness.
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RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (90195)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
11h
That sounds very interesing and probably would have enjoyed participating when I was a teenager,
Loretta
@noni1959 (10868)
• United States
14h
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.
Ali Canary
@AliCanary (3449)
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10h
Wow, that would make quite an impression.
Nevena Zivkovic
@Nevena83 (65819)
• Serbia
13h
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.
Amber
@AmbiePam (104815)
• United States
19h
Good! These kids need some scaring! They always think nothing bad will ever happen to them.
snowy
@snowy22315 (197867)
• United States
22h
Makes them thunk I guess
ultraman cosmos
@id_peace (16806)
• Singapore
25 Oct
This is an interesting program which I think it is worthwhile to continue.
Anna
@LadyDuck (485725)
• 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.
DE
@DaddyEvil (160328)
• United States
23h
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.
Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (124052)
• Marion, Ohio
19h
I hope it makes them all think
Shiva
@Shiva49 (27572)
• Singapore
17h
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.
LooeyVille
@LooeyVille (69)
• United States
23h
Yes our high schools have something similar
Dena Miller
@Dena91 (17023)
• 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.