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Are you and your staff heading out for your annual Christmas function soon? Remember to plan ahead and organise a safe way for you and your teams to get home! 🚔 👮♂️🎄
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Anytime, anywhere.
Are you and your staff heading out for your annual Christmas function soon? Remember to plan ahead and organise a safe way for you and your teams to get home! 🚔 👮♂️🎄
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Think you know Auckland Transport? On the Real Talk podcast Richard Harrison & I talk about being part of running Auckland's transport system. Why we do it and what the challenges and rewards are. Thanks to our hosts Kayleigh & Amy from Raise Up. We loved talking with you.
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A chance to recognise those doing amazing work in the road safety space.
✨The prestigious New Zealand Road Safety, Emergency Response, and Healthcare Awards are back for 2024. ✨ We warmly encourage you to make a difference and be a part of this inspiring journey by nominating your deserving colleagues and peers. The Awards, now rebranded for 2024, feature three distinguished categories: 1. National Award for Emergency Response and Healthcare 2. National Award for Road Safety 3. National Award for Community Service Join us at the grand Awards ceremony at Westpac The Terraces, Event Space in Christchurch on Thursday, 7 November 2024, where each recipient will be presented with a medallion and certificate to honor their outstanding efforts in improving road safety, emergency response and healthcare in New Zealand. ℹ️ Nominations open at 9.00am, Monday, 19 August 2024. 🔗 Submit your nominations online at https://lnkd.in/gPC8W8yV before 15 September 2024. ℹ️ For more details on the Awards and nomination guidelines, visit https://lnkd.in/gPC8W8yV ℹ️ The New Zealand Road Safety, Emergency Response, and Healthcare Awards Executive Committee comprises respected members of the community practicing in various fields, ensuring a thorough and impartial review of all nominations. Contact: Emeritus Professor Alan Nicholson Chair New Zealand Road Safety, Emergency Response and Healthcare Awards [email protected] Sarah Dean Founder Road Traffic Accident Trauma Charitable Trust trading as National Road Trauma Centre 0273240918 Dan Pallister-Coward Mike Smith Irene T. Steve Wakefield Fabian Marsh Alan Nicholson
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This article from Greater Auckland highlights the very real squeeze on media outlets and journalists. As much as we like to moan about the media, their role in our society is incredibly important. It wasn't that long ago that the Herald had a dedicated transport journalist. Which, sadly just feels like an impossbile luxury now.
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I highly recommend this podcast series. Listen to road safety experts who know a thing or two.
New Podcast Episode Alert! The fourth episode of our five-part series in the Road Safety Conversations podcast is now available! LISTEN HERE: https://lnkd.in/g_mvK9F2 In this episode, host Kenn Beer chats with Dr. Helen Wells, Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Keele University and Director of the Roads Policing Academic Network. Helen and Kenn delve into several critical topics: • Speed enforcement and the use of dash cams • Public attitudes towards road policing • Distracted driving • The role of enforcement in road safety and addressing our tolerance to risk Helen explains the efficacy and limitations of technology in enforcement and the necessity for laws that genuinely reflect safety concerns. She highlights the crucial combination of education, enforcement, and engineering to create safer road environments. The episode wraps up with a preview of the upcoming Australasian Road Safety Conference, where Helen will present as a keynote speaker. 🎧 Listen now and join the conversation on how we can make our roads safer for everyone. #RoadSafety #Podcast #TrafficSafety #Enforcement #Education #Engineering #DashCams #SpeedEnforcement #DistractedDriving #RoadPolicing #2024ARSC #ARSC2024 #AustralasianRoadSafetyConference
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I can totally relate to this. When you start digging around in data, research and trends a very different picture emerges about the reasons for and causes of road harm. It is pretty easy to blame other drivers for being reckless or stupid but the reality is that none of us are the perfect driver 100% of the time. We all make mistakes and we need the system we use to be safe and keep us safe. So our mistakes don't cost lives.
I used to think road safety was boring because almost all crashes were the result of a driver being stupid, through carelessness or immaturity. Then I learned a bit more. I heard stories of people affected by road trauma. I understood that many victims of road crashes are entirely innocent. I learned that speed affects the severity of the crash outcome. And most importantly, after a decade combined, studying a masters in transport engineering and a doctorate in driver behaviour psychology, I learned that everyone who travels, and everyone who crashes is a fallible human. We are *all* stupid and immature sometimes. None of us deserve to be maimed by that humanness, or to die before our time. So to see the "public consultation" on speed limits in my country, and a government hell-bent on raising them, is just so, so tiring. To see the public pontificating on the "real causes" of crashes, when I've spent my career - thousands and thousands of hours - listening to experts on what actually causes road trauma, and what works to reduce it - to see the science of road safety trampled all over by an uninformed, misled and populist government- it makes me think of the next teenager, or older person, or baby who will die in a road crash that doesn't need to happen, and I despair. By all means have your say on any and all public engagement processes. But please listen to people who have thought about it for a few thousand hours more than you have. https://lnkd.in/gnv4ezua
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Soames explains this just so beautifully. It was great to have him visit us.
Last month global road safety expert Soames Job visited Auckland. Hear him explain what is a Safe System and why it works to save lives on our roads. #roadsafetyweek #roadsafety
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Today sees the beginning of Road Safety week. As it happens I've spent the past couple of weeks talking with schools about road safety at the school gate. The main ask? Slower speeds and safe places to cross the road. And with about half of road harm in Auckland happening to people outside a vehicle it is little wonder this is what parents, teachers and board trustees want.
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I'm looking forward to hearing about the successful projects. It is easy to keep focussing on road harm and how much still needs to be done. And too easy to forget about the projects that have, and are making a real difference in keeping people safe.
As part of #RoadSafetyWeek the Yellow Ribbon Road Safety Alliance is hosting a hui in Auckland, showcasing some 'hero' Safe System projects from across Aotearoa. Following the hui there is also a chance to network and view the Vector Lights Auckland Harbour Bridge, which will be lit yellow in support of the week. Find out more and book tickets: https://lnkd.in/gHQNptpw. To find out more about Road Safety Week and sign up to take part, visit www.roadsafetyweek.org.nz
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so important for our public transport to be accessible for everyone - can't wait to see this rolled out everywhere
We’re pleased to announce the first official use of NZSL on the Tāmaki Makaurau public transport network! This historic moment is pivotal for the Deaf community, who will now see their visual language alongside other communications. NZSL shares official language status with te reo Māori in Aotearoa. On Monday 6 May, the first pilot videos went live in Waitematā/Britomart station. These display basic safety messages typically communicated via station sound systems or signage. If you pass through the station, take a moment to check out the big screens. Following consultation with the Deaf community, a second screen will be installed in the Downtown Ferry Terminal, and on some of the Fullers ferry fleet! If you would like to feedback on how we can improve this service please contact us at [email protected] or phone 09 366 6400 via NZ Relay New Zealand Relay Services www.nzrelay.co.nz
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