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Title – The Gap Year gone wrong
Source – www.ft.com
Date – 2nd March 2007
This story of every parent’s worst nightmare, fortunately turned out to have a happy ending; but it doesn’t take away from the horror of the experience that this whole family had to go through. It all started with one of the most common accidents that young travellers experience; the scooter or motorbike accident. This time the results were serious and devastating for all concerned, more commonly these accidents are minor, but they can still cost individuals a fortune and ruin the experience of a lifetime. However some accidents are serious and often this is a result of inexperience and over confidence and ignoring the basic safety rules that are enforced by law at home and flaunted by travellers to other countries.
Few people would ever consider getting on a motorbike in the UK without a motorbike license, insurance and most importantly a helmet. But too many people get to their holiday destination and ignore all three of these basic rules and speed around resorts without a care in the world. Add to these risks, the danger of many of the world’s roads being impossible to navigate safely without the experience of having grown up understanding that it is normal to negotiate 5 lanes of traffic when there are only 3 lanes marked on the road…
There are many dangers for the average traveller setting off on a Gap Year, some are unavoidable and need to be addressed by good planning. Others such as your transport options are entirely in your own hands, certainly accidents happen, traffic accidents happen in Sri Lanka as well as Swindon. We can help you reduce the risk, but only you can implement the precautions you need to put in place to eliminate the risk that are simply not worth taking.
Our Gap Year and Independent Travel Safety and Awareness workshop will help anyone planning a trip to any part of the world to understand the risks and the way they can be reduced in all the areas of travel. As part of the workshop we examine Transport Options and personal safety issues.
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