PRIVATE CAR OR BUS

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PRIVATE CAROR BUS?
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• Take the bus to and from work in the Interior
• Why?
• Buses are safer than a car
• Less risk of a Road Accident
• If there is an accident you are better protected
  in a bus
• You can relax in comfort, talk to your friends
  read or sleep during the journey
• Let the bus driver do the driving
• Your company pays for the bus-does not cost you
• It make sense to take the bus-well doesnt it??

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• Taking your car to and from work in the Interior?
  Why?
• Cars are less safe than a bus
• More risk of a Road Accident in a car
• If there is an accident you are less protected in
  a car
• You cannot relax, or sleep in a car
• If you are doing the driving, you will get tired
  driving long distances-especially after working
• You pay for petrol, more servicing and repairs,
  due to higher mileages driving to and from work
• It does not make sense to drive in your car

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Taking this car to and from work, from Nimr to
Adam, cost FOUR men their lives, devastated their
families, and friends, ..
WHY?
WHY?
3 wives without husbands, 28 children without a
father
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This Land-cruiser hit their Nissan Sunny, Head
On,
WHY?
FIVE DEAD

Driver is in a coma
The driver may have been asleep
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Examples of those who have died , or been
seriously injured when using their private
vehicle to/from work
DEAD
DEAD
DEAD

One DEAD, one badly injured
Badly injured
Badly Injured
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Some other drivers also took their cars to work
2 Injured
Two Dead
Two Dead
One Permanent Disability
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Take the Bus not your carYou know it makes
sense!
Taking the bus is sensible behaviour
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IF ONLY the four had travelled on the buses
arranged by their company

4 DEAD
their wives and children, mothers and fathers,
would not have to endure the pain and grief of
their own Endless Suffering.
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The way forwardShow this safety presentation at
HSE meetings, toolbox talks-- in particular
stress the advantages in taking the bus to and
from work, the monetary advantages as well as
safety. Discuss.

Take the Bus - you know it makes sense.
CSM/15 April 2004