| Speeding Ambulances Too Risky - 22 December 2000 |
We all expect the fire brigade, police or ambulance to rush to our emergency. But have you ever stopped to think how many crashes emergency vehicles have on the way to your phone call? The latest research shows that ambulances rushing to emergencies can be putting the public at unnecessary risk and not help the patient.
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| Corporate Driver Training Australia Pty Ltd - 18 January 2002 |
Corporate Driver Training Australia is a privately owned road safety education & training organization. The company was established in 1996 with a Mission to "reduce road trauma in Australia".
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| Driver Training Can Kill You - 18 January 2002 |
Road safety professionals and the driver training industry is set to be turned up-side-down following the growing body of research that shows driver training can lead to worse drivers.
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| There’s a New Cop in Town - 24 June 2002 |
Sydney motorists will have to get used to obeying directions from a new breed of emergency service worker from now on. The New South Wales Roads & Traffic Authority has assembled a crack team of Traffic Emergency Patrollers or TEP’s, who will be cruising the motorways looking for ‘situations’ to manage.
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| Holiday Road Safety - 26 November 2002 |
Did you know that there are more than 285,000 registered caravans in Australia? Because of the uncertainty associated with overseas travel this year, we can expect many people to be holidaying at home this Christmas. Some of these caravans will be coming out of the ‘mothballs’ along with boat and other camping trailers.
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| Driver Training Australia launched in Victoria - 4 April 2003 |
Everybody knows that younger drivers are more at risk of crashing. Now a new road safety organisation has been set up specifically designed to meet the special needs of young drivers.
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| Drivers Too Slow To Adapt - 25 February 2004 |
A recent study of more than one million crashes in the US has found what most Australians already know; people crash more when it starts to rain. “The longer the dry spell leading up to the rain, the greater the risk of crashing in the first 24 hours of wet roads”, explained Paul Billings of Corporate Driver Training Australia.
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| Easter Road Safety Message - 2 April 2004 |
Easter means different things to different people. For some, it’s a religious celebration, for others it means enjoying a well-earned break and for others, it might mean business as usual. In road safety circles, it signals the sad fact of preventable injury and ruined lives.
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| Water a Precious Resource in Maasailand - 19th April 2004 |
Imagine having to walk 7 hours a day through some of the hottest and harshest conditions known to man just to collect what water you could carry. Well, that’s exactly what Beverley Cameron of Orbost Victoria did when she volunteered to offer her ambulance paramedic training to the Mighty Maasai of Arusha, Tanzania recently.
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| DTA Now in Queensland - 1st November 2004 |
Following the successful launch of Driver Training Australia in Victoria this year, young drivers in Queensland can now access a revolutionary safe driving program for 18-24 year olds.
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| Working on Fiji time! - 8th December 2004 |
Gravel roads, mountain tracks and river crossings, just the trick for a 4WD adventure. It’s no fun though when your 4WD gets damaged or stranded. That’s why the Fiji Electricity Authority has contracted Corporate Driver Training Australia to deliver a customized 4WD training package to its staff across the island paradise.
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| From Socrates to Darwin - 1 July 2005 |
Around 2400 years ago the Greek philosopher Socrates advised, “The unexamined life is not worth living”. Around 100 years ago Charles Darwin would probably have agreed, but for different reasons.
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| Mobile Phones & Distractions – 28 February 2006 |
Research shows that using a mobile phone can increase you chances of crashing from between 4 and 9 times. “It doesn’t seem to matter if your using ‘hands-free’ or not, because the issue is driver distraction”, said Paul Billings of Corporate Driver Training Australia.
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