They spent a day behind-the-wheel learning safe-driver skills. The Teensafe course included correct steering & driving position, blind spot recognition, emergency braking, overtaking, basic car mechanical check, tyre changing, first aid, driver safety awareness and professional instruction from Charmaine 'Pixie' Brereton of Bay Beginners, as well as other volunteer instructors. 

Students and instructors posed with a Fix The Bloody Highway sign, in support of the Fairfax  Media ‘FIX IT NOW’ campaign.  

TeenSafe senior driving instructor Gary Smith said in June that sending young drivers out onto the Princes Highway was nerve-wracking.

“Speed is not the issue on the highway; it is a combination of minimal overtaking lanes, driver fatigue and distraction,” he said.   

“The original highway was not designed for the busy traffic flow of today, much bigger trucks and increasing number of large caravans.  

“It is not a forgiving highway when a minor driving error occurs. 

“We are all at risk.” 

Mr Smith said TeenSafe had been teaching safer driving to Eurobodalla Shire youth for 30 years and he had been involved for 20.

“We get behind the wheel to teach them safe driving and we are then worried the highway is not safe enough,” he said.

"Mostly it is a double-lane road divided by a painted line. It is our lifeline for the economy and the safety of people and it is just not up to scratch.”

The next Teensafe course will be in October school holidays.