FleetDrive 23 - June 2020 | Page 14

The ANCAP website (ancap.com.au) is the best resource. Here, you can work through all of our current ratings as well as those for superseded models. You can also download the ANCAP SAFETY app. The app offers the ability to receive push notifications, so as soon as we publish a rating, you’ll be the first to know. We also encourage you to pick up the phone and speak with us. If you have any questions, we’re always happy to help. Beyond this, we’re also available to come and meet with you. The best way to learn is through face-to-face engagement, and we’re happy to provide detailed briefings and vehicle safety demonstrations of emerging vehicle safety technologies to fleet buyers, fleet operators and also your general staff about the importance of vehicle safety and the ANCAP safety rating process. Not only do we need to be mindful of vehicle safety while on the job as employees, we must also prioritise safety when it comes to our private vehicles. If we can impart some of our knowledge on to your employees, they too will become advocates for the importance of being in the safest vehicles possible while at work and play. Are there any other general challenges and obstacles that ANCAP is facing moving forward? What is the focus for 2020 and beyond? One of our strengths is our ability to influence manufacturers to design, build and sell 5-star cars. Surprisingly, that’s also one of our weaknesses. Vehicle brands are doing very well in keeping up with our increasing requirements for 5-stars and, of course, from an ANCAP perspective and a consumer perspective, this is excellent. But for some, it also means that complacency can creep in with the view that “all new cars are now safe”. Ongoing awareness and education about new vehicle safety features and technologies and building consumer confidence, particularly in those new automated systems, is a key focus for ANCAP going forward. 14 ISSUE 23 2020 / WWW.AFMA.ORG.AU