Endless Suffering People are dying on our roads

Endless Suffering People are dying on our roads WHY? March/03 See notes page for guidance to presenter. 1

Endless Suffering WHY AGAIN? 19/Feb/03: High speed overtaking Dead: Salim Khlafan Moh'd Al Abri (32 yr) Dead: Ali Moh'd Said Al Nabi (32 yr) Dead: Said Marzouk Khamis Al Hinai (30 yr) Injured: Salim Hammad Al Boushari (30 yr) 25/Feb/03: High speed rollover Dead: Guy Broughton (56 yr) Injured: William Broughton (25 yr) The following slides show these & other RTA’s. Discuss them in your team & learn from them. March/03 2

Endless Suffering Next 4 slides: March/03 2 RTA’s are shown they are almost the same compare them see what the differences are discuss why the outcome was different 3

Endless Suffering 25/2/2003 14/3/2003 130 km/hr March/03 80 km/hr 2 Black Top Roads 2 Cars driving 4

Endless Suffering 25/2/2003 14/3/2003 130 km/hr 80 km/hr 2 Tyres blown March/03 5

Endless Suffering 25/2/2003 14/3/2003 130 km/hr 80 km/hr 2 Rollovers March/03 6

Endless Suffering 25/2/2003 14/3/2003 Passenger 25 years old (driver’s son) Very badly Injured 130 km/hr Will he ever Driver: Dead Minor scratches and bruises 80 km/hr recover? 1 Dead 1 Badly Hurt March/03 Driver: No Injury 7

Endless Suffering Discuss in your team: 2 RTA’s: what differences? March/03 8

Endless Suffering The difference is: Speed It KILLS you ! March/03 9

Endless Suffering 150 km/hr You still don’t believe it ? Remember March/2001 ? Tyre blew March/03 Maqbool and Faisal Died. Anything that goes wrong at high SPEED is a BIG problem!! 10

Endless Suffering Next 4 slides: another big problem March/03 Turning left: 2 RTA’s, 3 dead, 2 injured What do YOU learn from them? What will YOU do different? 11

Endless Suffering 3 Dead/1 Injured g n i k a t r eed e v o sp g n igh o r W ry h Ve March/03 Haima 19/Feb/03 Truck Turns Left Speed and wrong overtaking 12

Endless Suffering Same problem here: Truck Turns Left Truck turns left off the highway. Car overtakes at very high speed. Car overtaking at high speed Seatbelt & airbags: March/03 Overtaking is NOT allowed at this point. Bahja Jan/02 driver OK. minor injury to passenger. lucky……, this time! 13

Endless Suffering Discuss in your team: speed & wrong overtaking • If you were the truck driver: - How could you have prevented this accident ? - Would you have thought someone would overtake you when your are turning left ? • If you were the driver of the overtaking car: - How could you have prevented this accident ? - Why, do you think, did he not do these things ? • If you were the passenger of the overtaking car : - How could you have prevented this accident ? - Should you warn the driver not to speed or overtake when it is not allowed or safe ? March/03 14

Endless Suffering Discuss these learning points in your team. How do I make driving Safe? - Speed: - Tyres: - Seatbelts: - Turning left: - Overtaking: March/03 - what if your tyre blew? - are you really in control? what if? - pressure? - condition? type? - for all! - correctly fitted (no slack, no folds)? - did you check your mirror? - did you turn your head for the blind spot? - allowed? safe? - never at or near a road crossing! 15

Endless Suffering For YOUR family! STOP their endless suffering! March/03 16