❓ Hon. Tjorn Sibma asks about the Road Safety Roundtable meeting, requesting minutes and authorisation details for decisions. The Minister responds with a summary of the meeting's outcomes and new initiatives.
AnsweredQoN 1096Legislative Council
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ROAD SAFETY SUMMIT
1096. Hon TJORN SIBMA to the Leader of the House representing
the Minister for Road Safety:
I refer to the road safety
roundtable meeting that was held on 2 September.
(1) Were minutes of the meeting
kept; and, if so, can they be tabled?
(2) With respect
to the decisions that eventuated from the meeting, how were those decisions
authorised and by whom?
1096. Hon TJORN SIBMA to the Leader of the House representing
the Minister for Road Safety:
I refer to the road safety
roundtable meeting that was held on 2 September.
(1) Were minutes of the meeting
kept; and, if so, can they be tabled?
(2) With respect
to the decisions that eventuated from the meeting, how were those decisions
authorised and by whom?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the
member for some notice of the question.
(1)–(2) The
road safety roundtable brought together a range of road safety experts and
advocates, all of whom provided valuable insights, interesting ideas and
suggestions. Those ideas were recorded and are now under review.
�There will be
short, medium and long-term initiatives that emerge from the discussion, but
any changes in road safety policy or road rules must be practical, enforceable,
backed by evidence and not have unacceptable unintended consequences.
As
a starting point, on the Friday following the roundtable, new key initiatives
totalling $32.5 million were announced. The new initiatives include $20 million
for improvements to local government high-speed roads, two new breath and
drug-testing buses for enforcement across the entire state and increased police
traffic enforcement in regional WA in new high-visibility police traffic patrol
cars. Funding will also be used to increase the collection of data to be more
predictive and work out where crashes might happen in advance. The key driver
behaviours killing people on our roads are speeding, drink driving, driver
fatigue, mobile phone usage and not wearing a seatbelt—all of which
were discussed at the roundtable.
President, if I might add, I had
two files running. I mixed them up. I was looking for the minister's
questions in mine and mine in his; chaos was happening. All is now resolved.
The PRESIDENT : Pleased to
hear it, Leader of the House.
member for some notice of the question.
(1)–(2) The
road safety roundtable brought together a range of road safety experts and
advocates, all of whom provided valuable insights, interesting ideas and
suggestions. Those ideas were recorded and are now under review.
�There will be
short, medium and long-term initiatives that emerge from the discussion, but
any changes in road safety policy or road rules must be practical, enforceable,
backed by evidence and not have unacceptable unintended consequences.
As
a starting point, on the Friday following the roundtable, new key initiatives
totalling $32.5 million were announced. The new initiatives include $20 million
for improvements to local government high-speed roads, two new breath and
drug-testing buses for enforcement across the entire state and increased police
traffic enforcement in regional WA in new high-visibility police traffic patrol
cars. Funding will also be used to increase the collection of data to be more
predictive and work out where crashes might happen in advance. The key driver
behaviours killing people on our roads are speeding, drink driving, driver
fatigue, mobile phone usage and not wearing a seatbelt—all of which
were discussed at the roundtable.
President, if I might add, I had
two files running. I mixed them up. I was looking for the minister's
questions in mine and mine in his; chaos was happening. All is now resolved.
The PRESIDENT : Pleased to
hear it, Leader of the House.
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