Road Safety

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Road Safety
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Who is this for ?

• Every time you travel in a vehicle you are
  probably at greater risk of serious injury than
  at any other time of your life !
• As a driver, your life, the lives of your
  passengers and the lives of other road users is
  in YOUR HANDS !

This is for YOU YOUR Friends YOUR Family
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Driving at Work Your journey to work and any
travelling you do while you are at work is
controlled. This is done by following the rules
of your Company and the rules of the Company who
have hired you to do work for them. PDO rules
are laid out in the following document Road
Transport Safety Specifications (SP2000) Your
Company MUST comply with these rules.
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• Driving at Work
• The Rules cover 3 main areas
• The DRIVER
• The JOURNEY
• The VEHICLE
• The following 3 slides cover the basic
  requirements for these areas, for detail you need
  to look or ask about
• Road Transport Safety Specifications (SP2000)

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Driving at Work

• The DRIVER shall
• ensure ALL wear seatbelt
• hold a valid ROP Driving License PDO Driving
  Permit
• not be under influence of alcohol / drugs
• not use a GSM (NOT even hands-off GSM)
• follow the dust code
• be rested (max driving hours)
• not use his private vehicle to travel to the
  interior

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NEW 01/05/2002
Use of Private Vehicles
The use of Private vehicles to Travel to the
interior and / or travel whilst in the
interior is STRICTLY PROHIBITED
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• Driving at Work
• The JOURNEY
• must have Safe Journey Management (SJM) in place
  for trips over 20 km
• Safe Journey Management has three main
  responsible persons
• The Authorising Person
• The Journey Manager
• The Driver

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Driving at Work

• The Authorising Person MUST
• ensure the Journey management point is clearly
  identified and has the required facilities,
  ensure that the Journey manager is trained and
  competent..and more !
• WHO IS YOUR AUTHORING PERSON - Does he do this ?
• The Journey Manager MUST
• have received the correct training, verify the
  journey is necessary, check the vehicle is
  suitable, check the RAS certification, check the
  drivers license and PDO permit, check the plan
  does not violate the drivers hours, initiate
  emergency response .and more !
• WHO IS YOUR JOURNEY MANAGER - Does he do this ?
• The Driver MUST
• not leave without a fully authorised and
  understood SJM plan, contact the JM as specified
  in the SJM plan and/or when changes are made to
  the journey, complete a vehicle checkand more
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• ARE YOU A DRIVER - Do you do this ?

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• Driving at Work
• The Vehicle must
• be certified to Road Assurance Standard (RAS) and
  have a sticker displayed ! (renewed annually)
• Do ALL your vehicles have current RAS stickers ?
• be properly equipment
• Seatbelts for all seats, Luggage space separated
  from passengers, First Aid kit, Fire
  extinguisher , Air Conditioning etc.
• Do your vehicles have the proper equipment ?
• be checked DAILY (by driver) after a specified
  mileage or time period (by a trained vehicle
  mechanic)
• Do YOU or your drivers do DAILY checks ?
• Are the vehicles that YOU use checked regularly ?

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Driving at Work Why are these rules there
? They are there for one reason only - To
prevent damage to PEOPLE, Environment, Equipment
and Reputation. (Note prevent Damage to PEOPLE
is top of the list) Arent there too many rules
? Each and every rule is there for a good reason
- Most road safety rules are there to prevent
accidents, that have already happened, from
happening again ! But why are we still having
accidents ? This is mainly because people either
do not know the rules OR they do not follow them.
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Roll-Overs (only some of them !)

July 2001 Zubair
May 2001 Reda
All drivers and passengers were wearing seatbelts
and received only minor injuries !
Dec 2001 MBPS
April 2002 Woodgroup
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Camels are a Hazard !

Oct 2001 Schlumberger Swerved to avoid Camel
Nov 2001 Sperry Sun Hit Camel at night
All drivers and passengers were wearing
seatbelts and received only minor injuries !
May 2002 Weatherford Swerved to avoid Camel
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January 2002 Cameron (Muscat)

Workshop crew bus involved in an accident in wet
conditions 5 persons were injured - there were NO
SEATBELTS for the passengers, the driver had a
seatbelt and was not injured !

• Does YOUR crew bus have seatbelts ?
• Do YOU wear them ?
• Does YOUR driver check you are wearing them ?

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April 2002 MBPS(Fahud)

Man attempted to cross a pool of water, despite
the fact a Schlumburger truck was already stuck !

• Would you drive across a Wadi ?
• If you were a passenger would you let the driver
  cross ?

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July 2000 DAMAC Catering

Five men were returning to Muscat to take
medicals, the vehicle had not been checked, it
was planned as a day trip journey of /-11hrs
driving , the driver was inexperienced the
pick-up left the road and rolled, this resulted
in 1 Fatality 3 serious injuries !
Would you have authorised this journey ?
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March 2001 Al Turki/Truck Oman

An Al Turki pick-up tried to get across a
junction before a truck passed. Was he in a hurry
? Did he not see the truck ?
The driver and the left side passenger died, the
two others in the pick-up were seriously injured
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If you were a driver or a passengers in the
pick-up OR the truck how could you have prevented
this ?
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PASSENGERS

• A PASSENGER should
• ALWAYS wear a seatbelt
• NEVER distract the driver
• look out for HAZARDS the driver may
• have missed
• let the driver know if he is not DRIVING
• SAFELY

Remember the mistakes, risk taking or oversights
of the driver will affect YOU !
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June 2001 UES/3rd Party

A private pick-up travelling at high speed in a
dust cloud ran into the back of a UES trailer
The driver said when he saw the trailer he was
travelling too fast to stop !
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The Dust Code
If you cant see that the road ahead is clear,
PULL OVER !
Do YOU follow the Dust Code, does your DRIVER ?
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March 2001 Midwesco(Nizwa)

Two men traveled home in a private vehicle to
celebrate Eid, on their return journey they had a
tyre blow-out at high speed
Maqboul Abdulrasool Al-Zadjali and Faisal Qasim
Al-Balushi died, neither were wearing a seat
belt !
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Nov 2001 Schlumberger(Nimr)

Crew travelling to Nimr, the passenger and the
driver fell asleep and drove into the back of a
water tanker

• The driver had 5 hrs sleep the night before
• The passenger was injured (LTI)

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Nov 2001 Bureau Veritas(Natih)

Two men traveling home to Muscat, the driver was
not PDO licensed, he fell asleep or lost
concentration and left the road, he
over-corrected and the vehicle rolled (end to end)

• Hari Gupta died, Khalid Al Haijury was injured
  (LTI).

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April 2001 AL Mutahidha/3rd Party

Nissan Patrol driver fell asleep or lost
concentration and hit an oncoming Truck - the
Driver died instantly.
Have you ever driven while feeling sleepy ?
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The ROP Rules
Royal decree No.91/2001 (Sept 2001)
Reckless drivers face 5-years in jail
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The ROP Rules
If YOU do this (a) Driving in a rash manner
with-out due care and diligence (b) Driving in
inebriated condition under the influence of drugs
or alcohol (c)Driving in a manner that
constitutes danger or that puts the lives of
persons or property at risk And it leads to
this (a) Death of a person (b) Bodily injuries
to third parties that make them unable to attend
to their work for a period exceeding 10 days
YOU could face 5-years in jail
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PERSONAL EXPERIENCES

• We learn more from personal accounts
• DISCUSS IN YOUR TEAM
• Who has been involved in a car accident ?
• Please share your experiences -
• What happened
• How did it affect You, Your family, Your friends
• What would you have done differently

Remember what you have learnt, if shared, may
save a life !
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Summary

• Know Follow the Rules AT WORK
• WEAR Seat-belts
• DO NOT Drive at Night
• SLOW DOWN - check your Speed limiter works
• DO YOUR Safe Journey Management
• CHECK your vehicle - RAS Daily inspections
• FOLLOW the Dust Code
• DO NOT use your Private vehicle in the interior

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CHILDREN IN CARS

Why use YOUR seatbelt and not strap in YOUR
CHILDREN ?
They are the most precious gifts you will ever be
given - look after them !
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Summary

• Know Follow the Rules AT HOME
• WEAR Seat-belts
• Stick to the SPEED LIMITS
• Drive Defensively NOT Aggressively
• Get your car serviced REGULARILY
• Look after your Children - STRAP THEM IN
• Dont get frustrated by others
• Dont drive if you are tired

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ARE YOU SUFFERING ?

• DO YOU
• flash other drivers when they wont move out of
  the way ?
• drive close to the car in front to get them to
  move over ?
• close the gap in front of you if someone tries
  tocut in ?

If you do, you are suffering from ROAD RAGE -
this will lead to frustration, which will lead
to an accident - Stop now, while you still can !
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Summary

• Remember YOUR responsibilities
• The actions YOU take MUST Guarantee
• your OWN safety
• your PASSENGERS safety
• the safety of OTHER ROAD USERS.

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CONDOLENCES We offer our deepest condolences to
the friends and family of
Someone We All Knew His company and colleagues
wish to offer their deepest sympathies and
prayers for the family and friends of Someone We
All Knew. He was lost to us all through a tragic
road accident, may he rest in peace.
It is YOUR choice - Drive to Survive
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YOUR PERSONNAL REMINDER

Please collect one
Three ways to save lives 1. Vehicle check 2.
Safe Journey Management 3. DRIVE SAFELY !
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At Work AND at Home
YOUR LIFE IS IN YOUR HANDS ! DRIVE SAFELY !
We wish you a safe journey