Officers from Chifley's Highway Patrol Unit spoke with automotive students about making positive decisions while behind the wheel and the realities of road trauma.

Senior Constable Steve Chaplin said the day was all about promoting road safety.

"Even though these children don't have licenses yet, our objective is to speak with them and educate them".

He said road trauma can have a profound effect not only on drivers, but their family and other road users.

He said by working with students before they get their licence, they hope they can encourage them to make good decisions when behind the wheel.

"If we can fix the issues now, it makes our job easier later on. It's about teaching them right and wrong decisions on the road."

Sen Const Chaplin said police spoke to the group and speed, fatigue, drink driving and drug affected driving, issues which all young drivers face.

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He said young drivers need to think about the consequences of decisions they take when behind the wheel of a car.

"We're going to show them photos of accident scenes, which hopefully gets them thinking... the next time they do something they need to think about the consequences of their actions."

He said it was extremely important to get young people thinking about road safety early.

"It's extremely important, these guys are our future.

"The RMS has a slogan towards zero...these are the people that are going to make that happen," he said.

"We educate them now to make it happen later on," he said.

He said during the session the students got to ask questions, and see the mobile random breath and drug testing van, the police motor cycle and highway patrol car.

A lot of kids don't know about licenses and points, a lot don't know a speeding offence for a P1 driver, they are going to lose their license no matter what the speed.

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