Two families left devastated by the deaths of loved ones in separate road accidents have joined together to encourage people to drive safely.
Elizabeth Davidson's daughter was killed by a speeding driver in 2006 and Mari Middlemiss lost her son after the car he was in hit a lamppost in 2005.
The two mothers are backing Road Safety Week, organised by the charity Brake.
Nine people are killed or hurt on Scotland's roads every five hours, according to statistics.
They launched a campaign at Stow College in Glasgow asking drivers, in particular parents, to "stop and imagine the devastation caused to a family when someone is killed or severely maimed in a road crash, and change their behaviour so they never cause such trauma".
Elizabeth Davidson, from Hamilton, lost her daughter Margaret, 26, in a crash in Oxfordshire in May 2006.
The teenager driving the car that killed her was jailed for four years.
"We are not the only family ripped apart by the actions of a person who assumed the laws and rules of the road did not apply to him"
"Sadly I am not the only mother who suffered such a devastating loss.
"We are not the only family ripped apart by the actions of a person who assumed the laws and rules of the road did not apply to him."
Latest figures published by Brake reveal that 282 people died on Scotland's roads last year, nine of whom were children.
More than 2,300 people were seriously injured and almost 13,500 were hurt.
Grant Middlemass, 15, from Ardossan in Ayrshire, died when the car he was a passenger in hit a lamppost in September 2005.
The young uninsured driver of the car was speeding when he lost control.
Grant's parents and sisters are supporting Road Safety Week.
'Parental concern'
His mother, Mari Middlemiss, said: "People don't think it will ever happen to you and your family - but it can and does.
"Young people take risks on the road and don't realise the consequences their actions can cause."
Brake is targeting parents with its latest campaign.
A survey by the charity of school children in Scotland revealed a "lack of parental concern" for children travelling in cars.
Of the 528 children questioned 90% said they were responsible for doing up their own seat belt but only 21% said their parents always checked it.
Two-thirds had removed their seat belt while the car was moving to lie down or reach from something.
Mary Williams, chief executive of Brake, said: "We all need to take a moment daily to think of the reality of road death and injury, take a hard, cold look at our behaviour on roads and improve it, for the sake of our own loved ones and others."
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