Dubbo City Council has developed a ‘Work on driving safely education kit’ to help local organisations educate their staff about safe driving on the job.
It was developed with support from the Western Region Road Transport Authority and the Greater Western Area Health Service.
The kit is glove box sized and comprises:
- a fact sheet about drink
driving, fatigue, speeding
and mobile use in the
vehicles - a Powerpoint presentation
file for HR managers and
trainers to present to their
staff, which also includes
a quiz - information for truck
drivers in the country on
dealing with animals, stock
and kangaroos - information on getting to
know your vehicle - a safe driving pledge.
An e-learning process has also been introduced to keep participants up to date with best practices and changes to requirements, as well as regular reviews of damage costs and injury consequences.
Dubbo City Council Road Safety Officer Kristine Long said the program focuses on strong areas of driver safety, and has received great feedback.
“The kit gives the driver a lot of information about fatigue and speeding – issues that new drivers, or people that don’t drive a lot may not have previously considered,” she said.
“The kit will also educate staff about travelling long distances, particularly for those that aren’t used to it.”
To date, the kit has been distributed to around 20 organisations.
For more information contact Kristine Long on
(02) 6801 4000.
