Hawthorn players today received a lesson in the dangers on taking risks on the road.

Norm Robinson and his family ventured to the Ricoh Centre on Tuesday afternoon to conduct a seminar on road trauma after losing their son, Luke in a car accident in 2010.

The aim of the seminar was to educate the playing group and illustrate that we are all in control of the way we drive.

It is based on Luke, and is a graphic reminder of what can occur on the roads.

“They got to meet Luke via a slideshow,” Norm said.

“They also got some road safety tips and stats of things that happen on the roads.

“The aim is to make sure they realise that they control the road toll.

“The way that we drive on the roads is the way we can determine how we drive, we can’t control how someone else drives.”

Hawthorn full forward Lance Franklin got into contact with Norm at Face to Face with Road Trauma a week after losing his license for driving 90km/h in a 50 zone.

“Lance contacted me just after he got caught doing 90km/p in a 50 zone and wanted us to come and do what we did today,” Norm said.

“He got on the front foot and got in contact with me and organised us to come out.

“I’m quite sure Lance did get a lot out of it because it’s about making people think about what can potentially happen.”

Norm describes his presentation as “raw and confronting”.

“I was looking at the boys’ faces and it took some of them aback a bit because you actually see Luke’s car wrapped around the pole,” he said.

“It’s raw and confronting, but it just has to be because it’s real.”

Reflecting on his son’s fatal car accident, Norm says it is important that everyone understand that accidents can happen to anyone at any time.

“The biggest aim is to give people a reality check and to know that it can happen to anyone,” he said.

“It was Luke’s first ever car accident, Luke never drank and drove, Luke never sped, this was his first ever car crash.

“It only takes once, one wrong choice, one wrong decision, that’s it.

“And for that, you put your family through a lifetime of pain forever.”

While conducting the presentation, Norm made a point of noting the reactions of the players to his presentation and described the players as being “taken aback”.

“They were just blown away because it is pretty emotional,” he said.

“It is draining, for us and for people to see.

“The silence is generally good because they just don’t know what to say.”