Page 4211 - Week 10 - Tuesday, 21 September 2010
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campaigns, engineering and education measures, and continued focus on traffic enforcement and speed management.
The current ACT road safety strategy covers 2007 to 2010, and a new strategy is being developed for 2011 to 2020, to complement related efforts at the national level. Three roundtables have been held with key stakeholders to determine how the ACT could move towards a stronger “vision zero” philosophy in the years ahead.
Auditor-General’s report No 4, a performance audit of road safety, was presented to the Assembly in June 2006. Overall, the 2006 report was positive and reinforced the government’s commitment to road safety at that time. Specific recommendations were made in relation to evaluation of road safety measures, coordination of the TAMS road safety function, the need for timely and accurate road safety data, consideration of interstate crashes, processes for the auditing of accredited driving instructors, motorcycle licensing and potential measures to improve driver attitude and awareness.
The objective of the Auditor-General’s report of 2009 was to report to the Assembly on the extent to which TAMS has addressed the issues raised in the audit report. The follow-up audit notes that six of the seven recommendations have been either fully implemented—four recommendations—or partially implemented—two recommendations. One recommendation was not implemented, as a review of the motorcycle licensing regime had yet to commence. These outstanding recommendations relate to the continuation of the road safety action plan projects.
The follow-up audit report has four recommendations. One is in relation to the TAMS audit committee charter. That has been completed. The other three recommend that further work be undertaken in respect of evaluation of road safety measures, improvements to crash data processing and motorcycle safety issues. TAMS has agreed with these recommendations and will be implementing them as part of continuing work under the road safety strategy and action plan.
Undertaking a program of evaluation of road safety engineering treatments and policy initiatives is an item under the road safety action plan for 2009-10. In this context, a program of evaluation of black spot treatments has been established, with evaluation reports from many projects completed. A process for the evaluation of awareness measures has commenced, with an initial community attitude survey being undertaken.
Evaluation of road safety programs will continue to be progressed as a priority under the road safety strategy. This will include establishment of stronger performance measures and targets to assess the effectiveness of initiatives.
Implementation of a computerised smart form for reporting vehicle crashes is continuing. The project has a particular focus on reducing the resource requirements at police stations and improving customer service compared with the current paper-based process. A smart form for police use is now in production. A public smart form was implemented on a trial basis in January 2010, with full rollout expected this year.
In terms of motorcycle safety, many road safety countermeasures apply to both drivers and riders. The ACT also has existing programs covering specific motorcycle
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