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Paper Title:
Rest and Arrive: Route
95 Murchison Fatigue Management Project
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Authors:
Jim Grant, Julie Parsons,
Terri-Anne Pettet
Abstract:
Driver fatigue is a major
factor in road crashes, significantly contributing to road trauma
in Western Australia. It is estimated that one third of fatal rural-based
road crashes involves driver fatigue.
On Monday 29th November 1999, the Rest & Arrive Route 95 Murchison
Fatigue Management Project was launched at Meekatharra by Commander
Daryl Balchin APM.
Driver fatigue was identified
by Police and the local communities as a vital issue for road safety
in the Murchison. The Great Northern Highway is a key road train
route for the transportation industry and the road environment is
considered to be conducive to driver fatigue, due to the long distances
travelled.
This is a community-based project incorporating education, encouragement
and enforcement strategies developed by the Cue RoadWise Committee
and the Meekatharra District Police, and supported by the Mount
Magnet RoadWise Committee.
The objectives of the
Rest & Arrive Route 95 Murchison Fatigue Management Project,
are to raise motorist’s awareness of the risk factors, warning
signs, and preventive behaviours associated with driver fatigue,
by providing educational literature and promotional materials to
those travelling in the area.
Ongoing implementation
of the project is aimed at reducing fatigue related road crashes
in the Murchison district on the Great Northern Highway (national
route 95) encompassing the towns of Mount Magnet, Cue and Meekatharra.
Preliminary evaluation
results suggest that the strategies implemented in Rest & Arrive
Route 95 Murchison Fatigue Management Project have been successful
in terms of community participation, in raising awareness of driver
fatigue and encouraging motorists to adopt fatigue preventive behaviours.
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