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Speaker 1: You join the conversation with the conversation you with Cape Talk.

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Speaker 2: And next up we're going to talk to Peter Niemunt.

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Speaker 2: We are talking South Africa's preparing. South Africa's preparing for

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Speaker 2: the outcoming easter break and this travel period comes with

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Speaker 2: added pressure, doesn't it. Rain is forecast for many parts

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Speaker 2: of the country, not in Cape Town. There's going to

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Speaker 2: be some rain tomorrow apparently, but it's going to be

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Speaker 2: a beautiful easter weekend by a large show, but looks

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Speaker 2: kind of clear as well.

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Speaker 1: So maybe it's inland that you're going to find that rain.

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Speaker 2: But according to the Motor Industry Workshop Association, a proud

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Speaker 2: association of retail motor industry organization r m I mi

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Speaker 2: WA is what we're talking about. Combined factors make pre

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Speaker 2: preparation a little more important than than ever. And of

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Speaker 2: course we are talking to Peter Niemant, the National director

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Speaker 2: of ME. While welcome Peter. That's great to have you

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Speaker 2: with us.

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Speaker 3: Morning Terence, thank you for having us, and good morning

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Speaker 3: to your listeners.

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Speaker 1: Let's start off with.

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Speaker 2: That urgent warning Peter that you have issued, and maybe

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Speaker 2: I want to just invite some people to join us

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Speaker 2: if you want to join in on the conversation.

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Speaker 1: Maybe put a question to Peter.

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Speaker 2: You're welcome via WhatsApp on seven two five six seven

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Speaker 2: one five six seven. You can call it any time

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Speaker 2: an to one four four six five six seven. Bitter

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Speaker 2: That warning a stern warning that vehicle checks are more

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Speaker 2: critical than ever this year, beyond the usual safety reasons.

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Speaker 2: Tell us about the specific factors in twenty twenty six

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Speaker 2: making this East particularly high risk.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, so, Kevince, I can't believe it feels like yesterday,

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Speaker 3: the your you know, the the years starting and then

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Speaker 3: now we in Easter, just amazing, our time fly crazy. Well,

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Speaker 3: I think you know. The thing is traditionally Easter is

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Speaker 3: one of the busiest travel periods in South Africa. And

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Speaker 3: then obviously your traffic volumes increase significantly as people travel

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Speaker 3: long distances, and maybe people don't travel that much during

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Speaker 3: the year, especially now with a rise of fuel prices,

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Speaker 3: but they've tacked the opportunity to go now and visit

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Speaker 3: the family and.

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Speaker 4: Have a deserve break and all that.

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Speaker 3: So obviously you know that that then goes into a

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Speaker 3: situation where it's a combination of congestion fatigue when they

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Speaker 3: drive long distance driving and these factors all makes it

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Speaker 3: a high risk period that requires extra caution. And we

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Speaker 3: always talk about the driver behavior which is very important,

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Speaker 3: but also aligned with that is the condition of the vehicle.

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Speaker 3: And that's where we caution consumer to say listen, plan well,

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Speaker 3: make sure your vehicle is inspected, is checked by a

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Speaker 3: a credited workshop like newer workshops, and that will give

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Speaker 3: you peace of mind when you hit the road.

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Speaker 2: I was just a guys to see that there are

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Speaker 2: over three hundred and forty unroadworthy vehicles on the roads

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Speaker 2: in South Africa, half of those attributed to the holding province.

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Speaker 2: And I suspect that maybe a lot of those people

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Speaker 2: don't know that their cars are unroadworthy. How do you

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Speaker 2: know if your guys roadworthy?

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Speaker 3: Well, Clarence, you know, the fact is that South Africa

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Speaker 3: has quite an aging vehicle park, with many of the

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Speaker 3: cars you know older than ten years and without proper maintenance,

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Speaker 3: these vehicles can post serious risks on the road. So

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Speaker 3: as a consumer, as a vehicle owner, you must know

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Speaker 3: that I have the responsibility to have a regular checks

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Speaker 3: on my vehicle, have it maintained well, and and then

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Speaker 3: you know, just look at basic things. You know, most

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Speaker 3: of us should just say service their vehicles in advance.

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Speaker 3: Do own things like check your tires or breaks your lights,

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Speaker 3: your fluid levels that that already goes a long way,

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Speaker 3: you know. And then overall just in general, insure the

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Speaker 3: vehicle is in a good mechanical condition, you know. And

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Speaker 3: the very important thing is avoid last minute preparations. You know,

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Speaker 3: if you if you have proper planning, it helps prevent

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Speaker 3: breakdowns accidents, particularly now with a field shortages.

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Speaker 1: Yeah and HOS deal co op.

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Speaker 2: There is that temptation to use the backyard mechanics to

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Speaker 2: save money. We are in a season of saving money.

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Speaker 2: Maybe tell us why an accredited meanwhile workshop is an

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Speaker 2: unnegotiable for Annis.

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Speaker 1: The trip check.

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Speaker 3: Well LaRence. The departure point is as a as a

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Speaker 3: MUWILE credited workshop. They comply with a very strict and

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Speaker 3: specific criteria to obtain the accreditation and we ensure that

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Speaker 3: it's it's all about a specific industry standard. We talk

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Speaker 3: about proper qualification, the proper qualified people that there, the equipment,

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Speaker 3: things like housekeeping is important, and your your your insurance

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Speaker 3: is good, that you have an overall professional experience when

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Speaker 3: you go to an accredited workshop you know, they do

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Speaker 3: the things right, they tick all the boxes, and as mirror,

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Speaker 3: we also have ongoing projects and initiatives to ensure that

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Speaker 3: it's an ongoing standard of our workshops. We always say,

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Speaker 3: you know, life happens and we need to manage that.

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Speaker 3: And part of our responsibility as MIBA is to ensure

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Speaker 3: that our members, you know, look after the standards of

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Speaker 3: that they provide to motorism.

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Speaker 4: That's very important for us.

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Speaker 2: Okay, Peter Niman, Director of the Motor Industry Workshop Association. Meanwhile,

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Speaker 2: now let just go there, and let's just go there

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Speaker 2: because we often think that road worthy in this apply,

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Speaker 2: so I cannot necessarily to to to the trailer. If

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Speaker 2: if I'm involved in an accident with an unroadworthy trailer,

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Speaker 2: how does that impact my insurance claim?

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Speaker 3: Well, current, that will definitely have an impact on your

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Speaker 3: insurance claim. You know, when we talk about towing in general,

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Speaker 3: because you mentioned a trailer, there are so many things

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Speaker 3: that you need to to take into account. You know,

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Speaker 3: make sure because normally when people leave their caravan set

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Speaker 3: travels trailers, the bush trailers and all that they use

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Speaker 3: it on not a regular basis. So then there are

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Speaker 3: very specific things that you need to look at because

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Speaker 3: they stand over time. You know, make sure that the

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Speaker 3: license is full up to date. Look at the condition

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Speaker 3: of the tires because it doesn't mean to say that

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Speaker 3: there's good threat on the tires, that the tires is

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Speaker 3: in good condition, because age also plays a vital role

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Speaker 3: because it can have some.

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Speaker 4: Cracks and all the rest of it. And then when

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Speaker 4: when you also.

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Speaker 3: Need to look at your own license, because your driver's license,

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Speaker 3: because there's also conditions on what you allow to towe

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Speaker 3: not to tow. So those things are very important and

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Speaker 3: you know, at times we take that for granted and

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Speaker 3: we at the last minute before we forget about these things.

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Speaker 3: So that's why, you know, make sure your trailer, your caravan,

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Speaker 3: your bush trailer, make sure it's it's you know, road worthy,

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Speaker 3: because if you do that, we all play a vital

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Speaker 3: We all play our bit in terms of getting to

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Speaker 3: the other side safe and happy.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, then we're gonna probably be taking our boat out

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Speaker 2: as well or caravan.

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Speaker 1: Tell us about smart towing, what does it look like

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Speaker 1: in practice?

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Speaker 3: So you mentioned the possibility of rain but I think

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Speaker 3: in general, when you toe, it's very important that you

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Speaker 3: reduce speed and increase.

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Speaker 4: Your following distances.

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Speaker 3: Will you tow something specifically, if you tow a bigger

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Speaker 3: trailer or a bigger caravan, important that your your your

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Speaker 3: stopping distance is going to uh, you know, increase you

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Speaker 3: need you need a bit further to to before you

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Speaker 3: can get the vehicle to a dead stop. And then

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Speaker 3: obviously you need to adjust for consumption now with a

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Speaker 3: like that that was from from last night twelve o'clock.

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Speaker 3: Also be mindful of that travel travel a bit slower,

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Speaker 3: do things up, check your your conditions of tires.

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Speaker 4: That plays a vital role on the trailer.

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Speaker 3: And then, uh, sometimes something that people don't always take

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Speaker 3: into account is the balance of the load talents. You

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Speaker 3: must load your your uh you know, your your stuff

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Speaker 3: that you put on top, you must loaded correctly otherwise

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Speaker 3: that can also play a vital role in the stability

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Speaker 3: of your of your trailer.

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Speaker 1: And a consumption on metrol I would imagine as well

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Speaker 1: with diesel.

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Speaker 4: Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah.

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Speaker 3: And then I think a very important thing is you know,

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Speaker 3: be causes when you assist other people, you know, it

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Speaker 3: very commendable when somebody stranded and you stop and you

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Speaker 3: want to help them, but just make sure that you

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Speaker 3: don't pose an additional risk for on you know, oncoming traffic.

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Speaker 3: Make sure it's a safe place to stop. Put the

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Speaker 3: necessary science out, safety science, and and and and and

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Speaker 3: so on. So those those are important points.

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Speaker 2: Uh, we're gonna, we're gonna, we're gonna wrap it there,

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Speaker 2: but thank you very much for these insights, important points.

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Speaker 1: Peter lima national director for ME while