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Sunday 18th November 2001

SUN 9.00 - 3.45

Workshop 2: Older Drivers --- Delacombe Room

 

Presenter: Brian Fildes, Jim Langford

SUN 9.30 - 1.00

Workshop 1: Single Vehicle Crashes
--- Stradbroke Room

 

Presenter: Narelle Haworth

SUN 1.30 - 2.00

The launch of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Report: Aging and Transport - Mobility Needs and Safety Issues

SUN 2.00 - 6.00

Workshop 3: Best Practice in Policing
--- Huntingfield Room

 

Presenter: Peter Keogh

SUN 2.00 - 6.00

Workshop 4: Is the Momentum Really Lost? Current Trends, Issues and Opportunities in Road Safety --- Stradbroke Room

 

Presenter: Peter Cairney

SUN 6.00 - 7.00

Conference Welcome Reception - Sponsored by LMT Australia - Hilton on the Park Melbourne

 

Monday 19th November 2001

MON 8.00

REGISTRATION

MON 8.45 - 10.30

--- Ballroom 2 & 3

Welcome & Introduction by Mr Eric Howard, General Manager Road Safety, VicRoads

Official Opening by The Hon. Peter Batchelor,
Victorian Minister for Transport

Plenary Session -Keynote Speakers

Dr Ian Johnston, Director, Monash University Accident Research Centre - "Will a 4WD strategy work in the shifting sands of policy?"

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Mr Rob Robinson, Commissioner of Police, NZ
- "Beyond Strategic Enforcement?"

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MON 10.30 - 11.00

MORNING TEA

MON 11.00 - 12.30

Stream 11: TRAINING AND MOTIVATING YOUNG DRIVERS

Chair: RAY TAYLOR --- Delacombe Room

 

Presenter: Ron Christie

The effectiveness of driver training as a road safety measure: An international review of the literature
- Ron Christie

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Presenter: Malcolm McIlwraith

Learners Licence Training Project: Learning the Road Rules when you have low literacy skills, non English speaking background or other learning difficulties
- Mal McIlwraith

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Presenter: Jeff McDougal

Driver Trainers as Assessors for Licensing
- Jeff McDougall

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Presenter: Marie Brennan

Road Ready Plus: The ACT program for Provisional drivers
- Marie Brennan

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Stream 21: SCHOOL CROSSINGS

Chair: PAUL SIMONS --- Huntingfield Room

 

Presenter: Nick Mabbott

Western Australian School Crossing Safety Initiatives
- Nick Mabbott

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Presenter: Fiona Green

A method for evaluating the 40 km/h intiative around school buses in NSW 
- Fiona Green, Shannon Newman, Wendy Stephenson, Ray Taylor

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Presenter: Paul Cottam

Christchurch's 40km/h Part Time School Speed Zone Trial: Community Perceptions and Attitudes
- Paul Cottam

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Presenter: Wayne Osmers

The Effect on Vehicle Speeds of Electronically-Signed Part-Time Speed Limits Outside Schools
- Wayne Osmers

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Stream 31: SPEED CHOICE

Chair: CHRIS BROOKS --- Stradbroke Room

 

Presenter: Mark Symmons

Driving to reduce fuel consumption and improve road safety
- Narelle Haworth, Mark Symmons

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Presenter: Dale Andrea

The Sensitivity and Bias of Older and Younger Driver Judgments in Complex Traffic Environments
- Dale Andrea, Brian Fildes, Tom Triggs.

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Presenter: Craig Kloeden

Rural Speed and Crash Risk
- Craig Kloeden, Jack McLean

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Presenter: Bruce Corben

Some cost-effective approaches to moderate vehicle speeds in high pedestrian activity environments
- Jennie Oxley, Bruce Corben, Kathy Diamantopoulou

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Stream 41: TRAUMA

Chair: JACK MCLEAN --- Ballroom 1

 

Presenter: Julie Parsons

Emergency Response Equipment Receptacle (ERER) - Bob Brown, Christopher Parry, Julie Parsons

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Presenter: Simone Lewis

A Preliminary Investigation on Soft Tissue Neck Injuries from Side Impacts - Simone Lewis, Eren Semercigil, Brian Fildes

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Presenter: Ted Olsson

Evaluation of Seat Protection in Low to Medium Severity Rear End Impacts by Means of the BioRID II and Double Peak Crash Pulses
- Ted Olsson, Niklas Truedsson, Astrid Linder, Andrew Morris, Brian Fildes

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Presenter: Fergus Tate

Role of Road Features in Cycle-Only Crashes in New Zealand
- Diana Munster, Glen Koorey, Darren Walton

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Stream 51: ALCOHOL

Chair: PETER KEOGH --- Ballroom 2+3

 

Presenter: Ian Cairns

Licensed Premises Identification System
- Ian Cairns

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Presenter: Martin Boorman

Alcohol and Drug Impaired Driver Law - Conflict with Traditional Criminal Law Principles
- Martin C. Boorman

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Presenter: Delia Hendrie

A Review of the Random Breath Testing Program in Western Australia
- Delia Hendrie, Carol Kirov

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Presenter: Mike Keall

A case-control study of the effect of alcohol on the risk of driver fatal injury in New Zealand
- Mike Keall, Bill Frith, Tui Patterson

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MON 12.30 - 2.00

LUNCH

MON 2.00 - 3.30

Stream 12: MONITORING LEARNER DRIVERS

Chair: ROBIN ANDERSON --- Delacombe Room

 

Presenter: Wendy Stephenson

The Accumulation Of Driving Experience By Learner Permit Holders
- Wendy Stephenson, John Catchpole

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Presenter: Sophie Banfield

Learner Driver Trial
- Sophie Banfield, Samantha Cockfield

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Presenter: Susan Cambridge

The Experience of Learning to Drive in New Zealand: a Survey of Novice Drivers and their Parents
- Susan Cambridge

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Presenter: John Groeger

The lawful nature of learning: acquisition of driving skills
- John Groeger

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Stream 22: SAFE SCHOOL TRAVEL

Chair: JOHN LEE --- Huntingfield Room

 

Presenter: Colin Edmonston

'Safe school travel is no accident!' - Applying the Haddon Matrix to school transport safety
- Colin J. Edmonston, Mary Sheehan

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Presenter: Julie Parsons

RoadWise Safe Routes to School Accreditation Scheme
- C Parker, Julie Parsons

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Presenter: Murray Couch

An evaluation of Safe Routes to School in South Australia
- Murray Couch, Anne McCutcheon, Bill Cirocco

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Presenter: Nick Mabbott

An Evaluation of the Issues associated with Seat Belts on School Buses
- Debra Swadling, Shannon Newman

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Stream 32: INFRINGEMENTS AND CRASHES

Chair: ANDY GRAHAM --- Stradbroke Room

 

Presenter: Brian Kidd

Crash Patterns in Western Australia
- Brian Kidd, Peter Willett

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Presenter: Peter Cairney

The Canberra Paradox and its Implications - a safe city whose drivers have a high crash rate
- Peter Cairney, Thanuja Gunatillake

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Presenter: Michael White

Age and Sex Profiles of Speeding and Drink Driving Offenders and Drivers Involved in Casualty Crashes
- Ross McColl

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Presenter: Peter Palamara

A comparison of three cohorts of driver crashes and the effect of traffic infringements and convictions on novice driver crash involvement
- Peter Palamara, Matthew Legge, Mark Stevenson

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Stream 42: CRASH AND INJURY ANALYSIS

Chair: MAX CAMERON --- Ballroom 1

 

Presenter: Bernadette Shields

Australia's National Crash Injury Study Progress Report July 2001
- Bernadette Shields, Andrew Morris, Jo Barnes, Brian Fildes

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Presenter: Michael Fitzharris

Hospital admission rates and the rate of fractures of the femur in non-fatal traffic crashes in Victoria
- Michael Fitzharris, Brian Fildes

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Presenter: Shanthi Ameratunga

The quality of life of car crash survivors: a call to enhance the road safety agenda
- Shanthi N. Ameratunga, Robyn Norton, Jennie Connor, Rod Jackson

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Presenter: Robyn Norton

The epidemiology of road traffic injuries worldwide: what exists, gaps and the role of public health
- Robyn Norton, A. Hyder, M. Peden

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Stream 52: SPECIAL TOPICS IN ROAD SAFETY

Chair: LORI MOOREN --- Ballroom 2+3

 

Presenter: Victor Siskind

Traffic Crash Experience of a Cohort of young Queenslanders in the last decade of the twentieth century
- Victor Siskind

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Presenter: Ron Christie

Motorcyclist fatality and motorcycle sales patterns in Australia
- Ron Christie, Ray Newland

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Presenter: Mike Regan

Intelligent Transport Systems: Update on the TAC SafeCar Project
- Michael Regan, Eve Mitsopoulos, Nebojsa Tomasevic, Tom Triggs, David Healy

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Presenter: Stuart Wright

Road Safety in Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Remote Communities
- June Powell, N.R Rumble, Stuart Wright, Mark Odgaard

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MON 3.30 - 4.00

AFTERNOON TEA

MON 4.00 - 5.30

Stream 13: DRIVER LICENSING

Chair: JIM LANGFORD --- Delacombe Room

 

Presenter: Peter Palamara

Perceptions of the new Western Australian Practical Driver Assessment
- Peter Palamara

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Presenter: Craig Kloeden

Evaluation of Competency Based Driver Training
- Craig Kloeden, Jack McLean

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Presenter: Kelly Imberger

Redevelopment of Victoria's Car Driver Learner Permit Knowledge Test
- Peter Congdon, Adele Butler, Kelly Imberger

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Presenter: John Catchpole

Implementation of Victoria's New Hazard Perception Test
- John Catchpole, Peter Congdon, Corinne Leadbeatter

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Stream 23: PEDESTRIAN SAFETY

Chair: MICHAEL de ROOS --- Huntingfield Room

 

Presenter: Robert Anderson

Vehicle Design and Speed and Pedestrian Injury: Australia¦s involvement in the International Harmonised Research Activities Pedestrian Safety Expert Group
- Robert Anderson, Jack McLean

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Presenter: Jennie Oxley

The impact of age-related functional impairments on the ability to cross roads safely
- Jennie Oxley, Elfriede Ihsen, Brian Fildes, Stuart Newstead, Judith Charlton

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Presenter: Michael Paine

Young pedestrians and reversing motor vehicles
- Michael Paine, Michael Henderson

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Presenter: Mette Kolderup

The importance of being seen in traffic
- Mette Kolderup

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Stream 33: ENFORCEMENT AND PARTNERSHIPS

Chair: DAVID HEALY --- Stradbroke Room

 

Presenter: Kathy Diamantopoulou

Development of an index to measure Police traffic enforcement effectiveness
- Kathy Diamantopoulou, Max Cameron

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Presenter: Peter Kolesnik

The use of data in intelligence driven traffic enforcement deployments
- Peter Kolesnik, Peter Mansfield

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Presenter: Jacqueline Clarke

Police...Partners...Progress In Road Safety: The Central Coast Experience
- Jacqueline Clarke, A Wenban, B Walker, B Eggins

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Presenter: Harry Hayes

The changing paradigm of traffic enforcement from the perspective of someone who has been part of both the past and the present
- I. W. (Harry) Hayes

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Stream 43: VEHICLE SAFETY FEATURES

Chair: PETER MAKEHAM --- Ballroom 1

 

Presenter: Jo Barnes

Airbag Effectiveness in Real World Crashes
- Jo Barnes, Andrew Morris, Brian Fildes, Stuart Newstead

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Presenter: Magda Les

Vehicle Properties Determining Aggressivity
- Magda Les, Andrew Morris, Ted Olsson, Janette Pettersson, Kristian Holmqvsit

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Presenter: George Rechnitzer

Evaluation and testing of Police vehicle for rollover stability
- George Rechnitzer, Effie Hoareau, Noelene Deveson, Shane Richardson

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Presenter: Delia Hendrie

Safety benefits resulting from vehicle design changes since the introduction of the ANCAP crash test program
- Delia Hendrie, Greg Lyle, Jack Haley

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Stream 53: STRATEGY

Chair: FIONA CALVERT--- Ballroom 2+3

 

Presenter: Rachel Petrus

New Zealand's Road Safety Strategy 2010
- Rachel Petrus

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Presenter: Brian Fildes

Achieving the national strategy target - a role for Vision Zero?
- Brian Fildes

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Presenter: Lal Wadhwa

Vision Zero Requires Five-Star Road Safety System
- Lal Wadhwa

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Presenter: Laurie Sparke

A Collaborative Approach to Australian Road Safety
- Laurie Sparke

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MON 7.00

Pre-Dinner Drinks - at the Melbourne Aquarium

MON 7.30

CONFERENCE DINNER - at the Melbourne Aquarium

 

END OF CONFERENCE DAY 1

 

Tuesday 20th November 2001

TUE 8.00 - 8.30

REGISTRATION

TUE 8.30 - 10.00

Stream 14: INFLUENCING YOUNG DRIVERS

Chair: EDDIE WHEELER --- Delacombe Room

 

Presenter: Shannon Newman

Educating young drivers: A method for auditing school-based resources
- Shannon Newman, Gayle Di Pietro

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Presenter: Robert Davies

Act Young Driver Challenge - An Incentive-Based Initiative for Provisional Drivers
- Robert Davies

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Presenter: Eve Mitsopoulos

Passenger Influences on Young Driver Safety: Implications for Countermeasure Development
- Eve Mitsopoulos, Michael Regan

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Presenter: Teresa Senserrick

New Look Driver-Training: Deflating Confidence And Promoting Safety
- Teresa Senserrick

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Stream 24: CRASH INVESTIGATION AND ROAD FEATURES

Chair: MICHAEL WHITE --- Huntingfield Room

 

Presenter: Jack McLean

Rural Indepth Crash Investigation
- Jack McLean, M.R.J. Baldock, Craig Kloeden

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Presenter: Fergus Tate

Use of Curve Advisory Speed Signs in New Zealand
- Glen Koorey, Fergus Tate, Peter Cenek, Shona Page

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Presenter: Rob McInerney

The Road Safety Risk Manager: Maximising road trauma reductions from engineering countermeasures
- Rob McInerney

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Presenter: Andrew Edgar

Road Safety Auditing - The Continuing Revolution
- Andrew Edgar, Michael Tziotis

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Stream 34: FATIGUE

Chair: ROBYN NORTON --- Stradbroke Room

 

Presenter: Kim Dobbie

Dead Tired: Fatigue related crashes on National Route 39
- Robyn G Attwell, Susannah Lock, Kim Dobbie, Michelle Walker

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Presenter: Saroj Lal

Driver Fatigue: Psychological and Electroencephalography assessment
- Saroj Lal, Ashley Craig

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Presenter: Jennie Connor

Driver sleepiness and the risk of car crash injuries : The Auckland Car Crash Injury Study
- Jennie Connor, Robyn Norton, Shanthi Ameratunga, Elizabeth Robinson,
Ian Civil, Roger Dunn, John Bailey, Rod Jackson

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Presenter: Ron Grunstein

Modafinil Improves Alertness And Driving Simulator Performance In Sleep-Deprived Mild Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA) Patients
- R. Grunstein, J. Newcombe, A. Desai, D.Joffe, J.P Seale

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Stream 44: SPEED ON CURVES AND LOCAL ROADS

Chair: PETER CAIRNEY--- Ballroom 1

 

Presenter: Narelle Haworth

A 50 Km/h Default Urban Speed Limit For Australia?
- Narelle Haworth, Bob Ungers , Bruce Corben , Peter Vulcan

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Presenter: Max Cameron

Estimation of the optimum speed on urban residential streets
- Max Cameron

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Presenter: Jennifer Andrews

Urban Street Speed Strategy - Cessnock City Council
- Jennifer Andrews

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TUE 10.00 - 10.30

MORNING TEA

TUE 10.30 - 11.00

WINDSCREENS O'BRIEN AWARDS FOR AUTOMOTIVE SAFETY --- Ballroom 2 & 3

TUE 11.00 - 12.30

Stream 15: YOUNG DRIVERS

Chair: MIKE REGAN --- Delacombe Room

 

Presenter: Dorothy Begg

Changes in risky driving behaviour among young adults
- Dorothy Begg, John Langley

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Presenter: Anne Harris

The potential for collaborative, preventative approaches to reduce road trauma among youth
- Anne Harris, Alana Hulme

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Presenter: David Saffron

Targeting young drivers? Need to re-think
- David Saffron

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Stream 25: POLE CRASHES

Chair: MIKE TZIOTIS --- Huntingfield Room

 

Presenter: Raphael Grzebieta

Theoretical Study of Motor Vehicle Pole Impact
- Robert Milner, Raphael Grzebieta, Roger Zou

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Presenter: Adrian Derbyshire

Results of a full-scale crash test into an energy absorbing lighting pole on a sloped roadside
- Adrian Derbyshire, Rod Troutbeck

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Presenter: Andrew Morris

Injury Outcomes in Pole/Tree Crashes
- Andrew Morris, Niklas Truedsson, Martina Stallgardh, Maria Magnisson

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Stream 35: FATIGUE MANAGEMENT AND FLEET SAFETY

Chair: GARY KIRBY --- Stradbroke Room

 

Presenter: Julie Parsons

Rest and Arrive: Route 95 Murchison Fatigue Management Project
- Jim Grant, Julie Parsons, Terri-Anne Pettet

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Presenter: Saroj Lal

Towards the development of a countermeasure device to detect fatigue in drivers from electroencephalography signals
- Saroj Lal, Ashley Craig

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Presenter: Lori Mooren

Fleet and Corporate Driving Safety Education
- Lori Mooren, Phil Sochon

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Presenter: Richard Tay

Overcoming the barriers to fleet safety in Australia
- Will Murray, Richard Tay, Barry Watson, Cynthia Schonfeld

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Stream 45: SPEED COMPLIANCE AND RED LIGHT COMPLIANCE

Chair: JOHN CATCHPOLE --- Ballroom 1

 

Presenter: Bruce Corben

Technology to Enhance Speed Limit Compliance
- Bruce Corben, Michael Lenne, Michael Regan, Tom Triggs

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Presenter: Stuart Newstead

Evaluation of the crash effects of the changes in speed zones in Victoria during 1993-1994 (excluding 100 to 110km/h)
- Stuart Newstead, Sanjeev Narayan

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Presenter: Andrew Edgar

Mobile Speed Cameras in the ACT - Slashing Speeds and Cutting Crashes
- Robin Anderson, Andrew Edgar

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Presenter: Tony Radalj

Evaluation of Effectiveness of Red Light Camera Programme in Perth
- Tony Radalj

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TUE 12.30 - 1.30

LUNCH

TUE 1.30 - 2.00

Plenary Session - Presentation on Older Drivers by Dr John Eberhard, Senior Research Psychologist, National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), USA

--- Ballroom 2 & 3

TUE 2.00 - 3.30

Stream16: ROLE OF PARENTS AND SCHOOLS

Chair: MARY SHEEHAN --- Delacombe Room

 

Presenter: Bill Cirocco

Raising Parents' Awareness of Road Safety for Their Children. 'Way to Go' - Road Safety Information for Parents - Bill Cirocco, Vicki Clonan

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Presenter: Joan Adams

The Role of Parents/Carers in the Road Safety Education of Children and Youth
- Joan Adams

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Presenter: Conrad Remenyi

Getting 'influencing the key decision makers in schools' down PAT
- Conrad Remenyi

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Presenter: Bob Langford

Western Australian Police Service - Bike Education: A Need for Change
- Bob Langford

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Stream 36: DRUGS

Chair: PETER MAKEHAM --- Stradbroke Room

 

Presenter: Olaf Drummer

Cannabis and The Risk Of Road Crashes
- Olaf Drummer, Jim Gerostamoulos

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Presenter: Michael Lenne

Cannabis and driving: A review of the current evidence
- Michael Lenne, Tom Triggs, Michael Regan

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Presenter: Mark Stevenson

Drink and Drug Driving among University Students: What's the Skipper up to?
- Mark Stevenson, Peter Palamara, M Rooke, K Richardson, M Baker, J Baumwol

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Presenter: Vic Little

Trends in Drug Impaired Driver Detection in Victoria
- Vic Little

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Stream 46: SPEED ADVERTISING AND COMMUNITY ROAD SAFETY

Chair: BILL FRITH --- Ballroom 1

 

Presenter: Richard Tay

The influence of fear arousal and perceived efficacy on the acceptance and rejection of road safety advertising messages
- Richard Tay,
Olivia Radbourne, Ben De Young

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Presenter: Karen James

Courtesy speed checks and their effect on vehicle speeds and driver attitude
- John Wall, Ian Powell, Karen James

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Presenter: Linley Crackel

Road Safety Council Community Education Campaigns on Speeding: February 1998 to March 2001
- Linley Crackel, Chris Batini

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Presenter: Peter Cairney

Community Road Safety - Organisational and Methodological Challenges
- Peter Cairney

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Stream 56: OLDER DRIVERS

Chair: BRIAN FILDES --- Ballroom 2+3

 

Presenter: Peteris Darzins

The "Safe-Drive Medical" Professional Education Program
- Peteris Darzins, Robyn Sloan

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Presenter: Allen Dobbs

Lessons learned through the development and implementation of an evaluation for medically at-risk drivers
- Allen Dobbs

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Presenter: Judith Charlton

Self-regulatory behaviour of older drivers
- Judith Charlton, Jennie Oxley, Brian Fildes, Magda Les

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Presenter: Bonnie Dobbs

Improving the Safety and the Mobility of Older Drivers: A Conceptual Framework
- Bonnie Dobbs, Allen Dobbs

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Presenter: Jim Langford

For many older drivers, mobility may be more important than safety
- Jim Langford

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TUE 3.30 - 4.00
AFTERNOON TEA
TUE 4.00 - 5.00 Summary and Prize Giving Plenary Session
--- Ballroom 2 & 3
TUE 5.00

CONFERENCE CLOSURE