A NEW TAC campaign which tells the stories of seven Victorians who either lost their lives or had their lives permanently changed due to road trauma aims to help people understand the devastating and often lifelong impact of road trauma.
Central to the new ‘Left Unfinished’ campaign is an exhibition of the ‘left unfinished’ items, each accompanied by the story behind them – either told by a loved one of a person who lost their life, or a person who was injured that recounts their personal story.
Minister for Roads and Road Safety, Ben Carroll, last week joined storytellers from ‘Left Unfinished’, as well as Road Trauma Support Services Victoria chief executive officer, Bernadette Nugent, and the TAC’s head of road safety, Samantha Cockfield, to launch the campaign and urge all Victorians to listen to and learn from the harrowing stories.
“This exhibition is a tribute to the seven people, their families and loved ones. It also serves as a reminder to all of us to never take life for granted when we get behind the wheel,” Minister Carroll said.
“It’s so important that we continue to work together as a community to make our roads safer and strive for a future where we don’t have families who have to tell stories like this.”
To date, five people have lost their lives on Greater Shepparton roads in 2020, with four of those deaths a result of running off a straight road.
To view the ‘left unfinished’ stories, go to leftunfinished.com.au.
