Mob Rules: Doing road safety business in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities (Woorabinda case study)

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Mob Rules Doing road safety business in
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
(Woorabinda case study)

• Colin Edmonston Kylie Major-Oakley
• National Indigenous Road Safety Forum
• November, 2010

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Acknowledgements

• Traditional Owners, Elders, Councillors and
  communities of Central Queensland, in particular
  Woorabinda
• Commonwealth Department of Infrastructure and
  Transport
• Centre for Accident Research Road Safety
  Queensland
• Department of Transport Main Roads
• Queensland Police Service
• Central Queensland Indigenous Development

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• HELLO FROM AUNTY CAROL AT WOORIE

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• About Us
• Small decentralised team
• Responsible for road safety delivery In Central
  and Central West Queensland (34 of the state)
• Program Delivery
• School transport safety (SCSS 244 supervisors,
  SafeST)
• Driver Reviver (8 sites 600 volunteers)
• Youth Drive Alive and CHOICES
• Road safety and licensing sessions with at-risk
  groups
• SKIPPER Designated Driver Program
• Driver fatigue project in the Bowen Basin (mining
  focus)

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• Woorabinda Road Safety Trial (1)
• CommunityGovernment-UniversityIndustry
  partnership (part-time Road Safety Officer based
  in Woorie)
• Two primary objectives
• Deliver road safety activities and outcomes for
  the Woorabinda community in Central region
• Establish protocols (guidelines) for the
  development and delivery of Indigenous road
  safety programs
• Local priorities licensing (100hrs) restraint
  use road safety education in schools roadworthy
  vehicles

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• Restraint use
• Booster seats and restraints donated to day care
  centre
• Free hire scheme
• Information sessions for Mums and staff on laws,
  safety and fitting requirements
• QPS active referral agent
• High usage rates

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• Road safety education in schools
• Road safety as the theme for art classes in 2010
• Potential to integrate road safety through the
  newly developed Prep to P9 curriculum
• Youth Drive Alive in 2011
• Wadja students referred to licensing sessions
  (mine placements)

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• Fatality Free Friday
• Restraint info sessions (TMR)
• Roadworthy session checks (QPS)
• Triage and first-aid info session (QH)
• Road safety licensing session (TMR)
• CQID training vehicle demo (CQID)
• Competitions, BBQ cooked by QH

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Licensing Being a Safe and Legal Driver (L)

1. Whos on your right?
2. Whether you like them or not, you cant run them
   over.
3. Signs, lines and lights rule!
4. Dont get T-boned.
5. Get about the roundabout.

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Inattention
Speed
Fatigue
Unrestrained
Alcohol
Fatal 5 protect your family/mates
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• Written tests marked by TMR official and
  securely stored at CDEP
• RSO works with applicant to meet EOI
  requirements
• RSO liaises with applicant and SPER
• RSO acts as link between applicant and QPS
  (local licensing agent)

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Ngudyamba Muraga Teach Car

• Supervision offered in the community by
  accredited CQID trainers (not-for-profit)
• Bookings coordinated by CDEP tracking people
  through the licensing process
• Services offered in urban areas including
  theory sessions
• Maximising work trips through CDEP (real
  potential to address 100 hour requirement)
• Local police and Driving Examiners test

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Guidelines for Program Development (1)

• Consultation should be ongoing and involve
• Locals as leaders (not listeners)
• Adherence to local communication and engagement
  protocols
• Appropriate lead-in and decision-making time
• Community profiling (to map resources/opportunitie
  s)
• Transparency in process (the journey together)
• Program objectives should
• Address local priorities
• Provide practical, sustainable solutions
• Be evidence-based
• Focus on people, not politics (who to engage
  with)

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Guidelines for Program Development (2)

• Program design should
• Link road safety to higher community priorities
  (eg. employment, mentoring)
• Acknowledge context and the value of risk
  minimisation
• Balance punitive measures with positive measures
  
• Build in evaluation with realistic expectations
• Maximise spent on delivery vs administration
• Clearly define governance and local support
  structure (Kylie)
• Consider all aspects of a safe system
• Acknowledge awareness underpins all behaviour
  change
• Stakeholders need to be
• Competent Committed
• Cooperative/Coordinated sharing , resources,
  knowledge and success
• Cashed up ?

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Guidelines for Program Delivery (1)

• Facilitator is the most valuable resource!!!
• Link with local cultural and sporting events
• Flexibility to accommodate Murri time or priority
  changes
• Tips for effective education
• Learning by doing and visuals!!!
• Group learning (train the trainer)
• Interactive, engaging sessions
• Leggo approach - consistent, repetitive
  messages
• Use of humour local examples
• Work together, play together
• Open door policy

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Whats next for us?

• Continue to tackle the licensing imperative
  (focus on 100 hour supervision requirement in
  partnership with CQID and CDEP) better
  coordination across the state
• Engage community in road safety infrastructure
  decision-making and delivery (learn from NSW
  experience)
• Ongoing funding for RSO position!!!
• Census data collection project partnership with
  ABS
• SURVEY Feedback from other jurisdictions on
  what works in program development and delivery
  (inform guidelines)

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• FROM WOORABINDA TO COFFS HARBOUR A ROAD SAFETY
  MESSAGE FOR YOU

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Questions?