DRIVER SAFETY AWARENESS PROGRAM

Most vehicle crashes occur as a result of drivers' inability to accurately link their perception of driver risk with their real-time driving behaviour. Increasing the correlation between the accurate perception of driver risk and the real risk of a crash through a focus on driver attitude rather than driving skills, can lead to safer driving performance. There is a need for organisations to: provide work drivers and managers with accurate information on the human and dollar costs of crashes in their organisation; eliminate the myths and optimism bias often exhibited by work drivers. This paper is a report on the development of a half-day Driver Safety Awareness Program and delivery of 5 workshop sessions to fleet drivers in Sydney and regional centres for a NSW government agency in April and May 2001. A review of information generated by participants at the workshop was documented after each session: this report consolidates the workshop reviews; provides an overview of session content; and presents conclusions drawn from the experience. (a) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E208180.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Queensland Parliament, Australia

  TravelSafe Committee, Parliament House, George Street
  Brisbane, Queensland  Australia  4000

  Australasian College of Road Safety

  P.O. Box 198
  Mawson, ACT  Australia  2607
• Authors:
  • HAYDON, S
• Conference:
  • NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DEVELOPING SAFER DRIVERS AND RIDERS, 2002, BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA
• Publication Date: 2002

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 8 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attitudes; Behavior; Conferences; Costs; Crashes; Drivers; Management; Perception; Personnel; Safety; Value engineering; Vehicles
• Geographic Terms: Australia
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 155: Administration; 2267: Attitude (psychol); 8006: Australia; 9001: Behaviour; 8525: Conference; 224: Cost; 1772: Driver; 2229: Perception; 102: Personnel; 1665: Safety; 248: Value analysis; 1255: Vehicle
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Finance; Safety and Human Factors; Society; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00963693
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• ISBN: 0-9585-691-2-6
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Oct 3 2003 12:00AM