RYD

The social goal of the Responsible Young Drivers Vlaanderen (created in 2006 as TOP-25) is to promote road safety in young drivers" mind in the Dutch speaking part of Belgium. The volunteers want to heighten young drivers of the importance of the responsible behaviour on our roads. Responsible Young Drivers organizes all year long several actions around the theme road safety. Those actions are taken in charge by our active volunteers aged 18–29 years to sensitize other youngnsters about taking their responsibilities. To be efficient and being able to reach this target, RYD uses several impressive or convincing tools during their activities such as the breathalyzer or the drug tests, the AlcoVision goggles (simulating the effects of alcohol and drugs on the vision), the Alcokart (simulating the effects of alcohol behind the wheel), the Safetypack (which offers to school students the opportunity to learn more about road safety in 2 hours)…

The particularity of the Responsible Young Drivers is to create a single work done by "young people who want to convince other young people about the importance of a responsible citizenship on European roads".

Responsible Young Drivers is managed 4 paid staff members and has a network of over 200 volunteers, youngsters who set an example to other youngsters. The dialogue between youngsters is the major asset of the Responsible Young Drivers. The use of a usual language and the friendliness of the exchanges enable the message to be conveyed further and so it is surely more persuasive. We do neither use a repressive or an elevating approach, nor a "fatherly-motherly" tone, there are attitudes that young people refuse. RYD Vlaanderen has participated in EU co-funded projects with partners from around the European Union as well as China.