Anyone else get an invite to this forum? Came in the mail today.
Grant Dorrington
Independent Chair, Road Safety Council
Western Australian Road Safety Strategy 2008-2020 – Towards Zero: Getting There Together – Discussion Paper – Community Consultation Forum
The Office of Road Safety, on behalf of the Road Safety Council, is currently developing a new road safety strategy for Western Australia.
The new strategy will be based on the Safe System philosophy, which aims to improve road safety by putting safe road users into safe vehicles, travelling at safe speeds along safe roads and roadsides without impeding the road transport system unnecessarily. Of course, it is vital that the strategy is based on the best possible evidence and the Monash University Accident Research Centre (MUARC) has analysed the costs and benefits of different road safety measures within the Safe System philosophy to develop a series of scientifically sound directions and options.
It is equally important that the road safety strategy is supported by and meets the expectations of the community. In developing this strategy,
the Office of Road Safety is undertaking extensive community and stakeholder consultation. During the first phase of community consultation,
the Office of Road Safety heard the road safety views of over 2,500 members of the WA community.
Now, the results of the first phase of community and stakeholder consultation and the options presented by MUARC have been incorporated into
the Road Safety Strategy for Western Australia 2008-2020 Discussion Paper. The paper provides an opportunity for the public to learn what other members of the community had to say about road safety and make informed comment on the options developed by MUARC on the basis of the
best available scientific evidence.
To give you a better understanding of the information contained in the discussion paper, you are invited to attend a forum (see pdf attached)
on the proposals.
For a copy of the discussion paper please visit the Office of Road Safety's website www.officeofroadsafety.wa.gov.au or email your postal address details to [email protected].
You may also be interested in reading the sections marked 'research gems' in the discussion paper. These sections highlight the latest directions in research.
I hope that you are able to participate in this consultation process.
Yours sincerely
The new strategy will be based on the Safe System philosophy, which aims to improve road safety by putting safe road users into safe vehicles, travelling at safe speeds along safe roads and roadsides without impeding the road transport system unnecessarily. Of course, it is vital that the strategy is based on the best possible evidence and the Monash University Accident Research Centre (MUARC) has analysed the costs and benefits of different road safety measures within the Safe System philosophy to develop a series of scientifically sound directions and options.
It is equally important that the road safety strategy is supported by and meets the expectations of the community. In developing this strategy,
the Office of Road Safety is undertaking extensive community and stakeholder consultation. During the first phase of community consultation,
the Office of Road Safety heard the road safety views of over 2,500 members of the WA community.
Now, the results of the first phase of community and stakeholder consultation and the options presented by MUARC have been incorporated into
the Road Safety Strategy for Western Australia 2008-2020 Discussion Paper. The paper provides an opportunity for the public to learn what other members of the community had to say about road safety and make informed comment on the options developed by MUARC on the basis of the
best available scientific evidence.
To give you a better understanding of the information contained in the discussion paper, you are invited to attend a forum (see pdf attached)
on the proposals.
For a copy of the discussion paper please visit the Office of Road Safety's website www.officeofroadsafety.wa.gov.au or email your postal address details to [email protected].
You may also be interested in reading the sections marked 'research gems' in the discussion paper. These sections highlight the latest directions in research.
I hope that you are able to participate in this consultation process.
Yours sincerely
Grant Dorrington
Independent Chair, Road Safety Council
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