Road Trauma Support Services Victoria: Shared Responsibility – Behaviour, attitude focus shines light on impact of road trauma
Key Outcomes
- Combining passion for a cause with a commitment to act can lead to wide-scale change.
- Engaging, well-supported road safety campaigns are effective in reaching large sections of the community.
- Effective programs can raise awareness and change behaviour around road safety while attracting community, government and corporate support.
- A Safe System approach demonstrates that road safety is a shared responsibility across the community.
- Educating the community and raising public awareness about road trauma and how it affects people’s lives can positively influencing driver attitudes and behaviours.
- High risk and repeat driving offenders can change their behaviour if they understand the consequences of their choices and are empowered to make better choices.
- Peer messaging, through impacted volunteers sharing stories or young people delivering messages to peers, is powerful in changing attitudes.
Synopsis
Nearly 25 years ago, a small group of people impacted by road trauma decided to address a lack of support for those suffering because of the loss of a loved one on the roads. The result is an organisation that supports 3,000 people annually and national campaigns that ‘shine a light’ on road safety.
