Safety can be a hard message to sell.

Author(s)
Fildes, B. Langford, J. & Hellyer, S.
Year
Abstract

From 2006 to 2008, the Monash University Accident Research Centre, in conjunction with the Office of Road Safety and Department of Main Roads in Western Australia, attempted to gain the support of a Local Government Area in W.A. to implement a demonstration trial of lower speed limits, based on a new Harm Reduction approach. Attempts to gain the support made over these three years included enlisting the support of the local traffic authorities, road safety community councils, the Western Australian Local Government Association and the officers of the regions approached. In spite of all efforts, no representative city or shire council in Western Australia agreed to implement the trial. This report outlines the experiences of the three years from the perspectives of both the research team and the Office of Road Safety, and recommends some future steps for overcoming community and political barriers in developing safer speeds on Australian roads. (a) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E218699.

Request publication

8 + 2 =
Solve this simple math problem and enter the result. E.g. for 1+3, enter 4.

Publication

Library number
C 50747 (In: C 50708 [electronic version only] /82 / ITRD E218717)
Source

In: Road safety 2009 : [proceedings of the] Australasian Road Safety Research Policing Education Conference, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 10-12 November 2009, Pp.

Our collection

This publication is one of our other publications, and part of our extensive collection of road safety literature, that also includes the SWOV publications.