Road Safety – Every Life Counts
The parliamentary inquiry into Victoria’s road toll will investigate road safety practices and identify how to improve road standards, vehicle affordability, as well as drug and alcohol testing.
The terms of reference for this committee consider how to improve current road standards and maintenance, as well as if safe driving courses for learners to p-plates would improve safer driving behaviours in young Victorians and how newer technologies could improve road safety; such as driver assist technologies and smartphone cameras.
We encourage you to share your ideas on how to improve road safety in Victoria.
Submissions close 30th June 2020.
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Truck driver raises safety concerns to parliamentary inquiry into Victoria’s road toll
Submissions from a B-double truck driver and his wife to the Parliamentary Inquiry into Victoria’s increasing road toll have raised a number of interesting questions about existing requirements for truck drivers.
CPV driver fatigue management
We recently raised the issue of fatigue management of commercial passenger vehicle drivers following concerns raised with Mr Barton about drivers swapping between rideshare apps and taxi shifts to work beyond recommended hours.
Road Safety Amendment 2019 – taking licenses off dangerous drivers
I spoke on the Road Safety Amendment Bill 2019 which aims to toughen up on road safety by immediately suspending the license of people who travel 45km above the speed limit or above 145km in a 110km zone and for violent offences that involve the use of a motor vehicle.