ROAD SAFETY
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WORKPLACE ROAD SAFETY GUIDE A BILATERAL APPROACH TO ORGANISATIONAL ROAD SAFETY IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND Corporate and organisational fleet and road safety is of strong interest to government and government agencies in Australia and New Zealand.
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t has been identified that there is
a greater interest in work-related road
great opportunity to engage and
safety. Due to the identified gap in avail-
assist organisations and corpora-
able resources and support, particularly
tions in the delivery of road safety
materials that have an Australian and New
and road safety measures to achieve
Zealand focus, it was recommended that a
nationally significant road-related
practical organisational road safety guide
trauma reductions.
be produced; hence the development of this information and supporting webinar.
When the National Road Safety Partnership Program guide was published there
The webinar covers the main elements and
was little in the way of robust informa-
chapters within the guide, providing op-
tion or support for those organisations
portunity for participants to give feedback,
that are wishing to adopt road safety
as well as a platform from which questions
within their places of employment, sup-
can be raised and discussed among peers
ply chain and/or community. It should
and the three authors of the guide.
be noted that internationally this is now
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slowly changing as some governments
According to Hugh MacKay, a well-
and non-government organisations take
known and respected psychologist, social
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