PROGRAM SESSIONS | DAY 2
PLENARY IV
Impaired Driving – You Don ’ t Need to Break the Law to be Impaired
SPEAKER Greg Slore , Health & Safety Advisor , TasWater
The statistics are sobering , drink driving is a factor in 18-20 % of all fatal accidents in NSW and it ’ s estimated that illegal drugs are present in around the same numbers . What might surprise you is fatigue accounts for more than 20-30 % of all fatal crashes and severe injuries .
A driver who has been awake for over 17-19 hours has the same driving ability as an individual with a bloodalcohol level of 0.05 % and therefore double the risk of having an accident .
The cost of road incidents in Australia is an estimated $ 27 billion per annum . Of this , fatigue related road incidents cost workers , families and the Australian economy $ 3 billion each year .
Whether you ’ re using over the counter or prescription drugs , or simply fatigued , impairment increases your risk of being involved in a serious and potentially fatal road incident .
During this session we ’ ll explore some of the statistics and then participate in a hands-on workshop where we ’ ll get to feel the effects of impairment derived from the use of prescription drugs , fatigue , alcohol and illegal drugs .
This tactile experience is not to be missed !
22 AUSTRALASIAN FLEET CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION AND FLEET AWARDS MAY 20-21 2021