RACQ staff entered classrooms on Wednesday August 7 as part of the Streets Ahead program which focuses on passenger, pedestrian and bicycle safety.

RACQ head of community and education Davis Contarini said the visit was about teaching students the value of wearing protective equipment like helmet, bright clothing, enclosed shoes.

"Streets are dangerous and we want kids to understand that wearing that protective equipment will save your life," Mr Contarini said.

"There is no coming back from a head injury, you're in hospital and you could be in there for a very long time with a sustainable end of life injury. So it is really important that we give kids the education to wear helmets which will save lives."

Mr Contarini said the helicopter was a way to visually represent what can happen if things go wrong.

"It is best to be in a situation where we prevent these injuries from happening in the first place," he said.

"As we know helicopters are tasked to all sorts of things and about 30 per cent involved some type of injury on the road. So we really stress the importance of wearing helmets and protective equipment."

Students heard a story from Finbar Mills who was in a motorbike accident near Dalby 10 years ago, and still alive today purely from wearing protective equipment while riding.

Fin broke his back at T3 and T4, broke six ribs, punctured his lung, cut his liver, broke his shoulder and sustained a brain injury.

"The film we showed students was eye opening and they were very engaged in the conversation around what safety equipment they should be wearing," Mr Contarini said.

"RACQ conducts state-wide safety programs and this was the first time we had visited Mount Isa."

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