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Speaker 1: But we also know that as part of Road Safety Week. Well,

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Speaker 1: today is National Day of Action for Road Safety and

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Speaker 1: I am joined on the line right now by the

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Speaker 1: Officer in charge of DAR and Traffic Operations, Senior Sergeant

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Speaker 1: John Ganaine. Good morning to you, John.

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Speaker 2: Good morning Katie.

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Speaker 1: John. What is the main focus of the National Day

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Speaker 1: of Action this year?

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Speaker 2: Well, the National Day of Action is something that we

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Speaker 2: promote across every state and territory in the country, and

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Speaker 2: today is that day. And the focus of today is

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Speaker 2: on driver distraction and by that we mean effectively it's

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Speaker 2: texting to picking up phones and otherwise being distracted by

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Speaker 2: children or other sort of things and eating that takes

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Speaker 2: your attention off the important matter at hand, which should

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Speaker 2: be your surroundings while you're driving.

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Speaker 1: So it is one of those things that a lot

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Speaker 1: of people maybe feel as though it's not as bad

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Speaker 1: as speeding or drunk driving, but at the end of

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Speaker 1: the day, it is still something that is causing road trauma.

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Speaker 2: Where is this, Well, it does, and you're quite correct, Katie,

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Speaker 2: and it happens at all sorts of speeds, and people

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Speaker 2: for some reason seem to think it's okay because I

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Speaker 2: was only doing forty or fifty kilometers an hour and

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Speaker 2: all that sort of stuff. But that doesn't take long,

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Speaker 2: particularly if you're in a school zone, for a child

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Speaker 2: to run out on the roadway, or any of the

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Speaker 2: multitude of things that can happen to a driver on

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Speaker 2: the road, which is not necessarily their fault, except in

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Speaker 2: these circumstances it will be their fault because they're not

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Speaker 2: paying attention to what's around them. And unfortunately, people have

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Speaker 2: died and died recently as a result of this exact

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Speaker 2: sort of activity, and people think it's inconsequential. Most people

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Speaker 2: have done it, or have at least thought hard about

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Speaker 2: doing it. But you know, the analogy I use is

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Speaker 2: that you wouldn't try and tie your shoelaces while you're

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Speaker 2: driving a car. And it's exactly the same as reaching

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Speaker 2: down to pick up a phone to see who's texted you.

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Speaker 2: Everyone likes being texted, everyone likes receiving phone calls, everyone

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Speaker 2: likes being swiped right on Tinder. But you know what's

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Speaker 2: more important. More important is getting where you need to

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Speaker 2: be in the one place at the one time, rather

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Speaker 2: than seeing who's contacted you that thinks you're all right.

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Speaker 1: You spot on that is so true, And I love

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Speaker 1: your analogies actually, John, I reckon, They're awesome and they

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Speaker 1: certainly make it very easy for us all to understand. Mate,

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Speaker 1: how are we going at the moment when it comes

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Speaker 1: to our road toll? I know that when you and

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Speaker 1: I spoke, I think it was around Easter, things were

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Speaker 1: not looking so good. How are we going at this

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Speaker 1: point in time?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, well, we went doing all that well at East

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Speaker 2: Accadia and we've tailed off since then. Unfortunately, the road

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Speaker 2: toll as a result of a facility two days ago

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Speaker 2: on Bladder, which now stands at nineteen for the year,

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Speaker 2: which is more than twice what we were at last year.

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Speaker 2: And the initial, although not always investigations have been complete,

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Speaker 2: is a very fair submission to make that almost all

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Speaker 2: those deaths were preventable, and it's preventable by doing simple things.

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Speaker 2: We reinforce them in the fatal five where you seat belt,

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Speaker 2: don't speak, don't drive intoxicated, don't be distracted, all these

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Speaker 2: sort of basic things that people tend to forget, and

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Speaker 2: it kills you. And if it's not killed, if it

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Speaker 2: doesn't kill you, if you do these sorts of things

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Speaker 2: on any sort of regular basis, or even on a

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Speaker 2: one off occasion, you'll have plenty of time to think

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Speaker 2: about how you shouldn't be there when you're sitting in

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Speaker 2: a wheelchair in line at the disabled toilet with a

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Speaker 2: full colostomy bag, because this actually happens to people.

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Speaker 1: It is. You know, it is so important that we

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Speaker 1: all do make sure that we're doing the right thing

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Speaker 1: on the road. I know that yesterday, you know, there

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Speaker 1: was the event the Street Smart High I believe it's

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Speaker 1: called for the younger people that are sort of coming

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Speaker 1: up and getting their licenses, and you know, it's about

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Speaker 1: education for our youngsters, but it's also about educating some

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Speaker 1: of us that are older as well, and just making

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Speaker 1: sure that we're all doing the right thing on our roads.

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Speaker 2: No, that's right. I actually went to the streets Light

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Speaker 2: High Performance yesterday and it was packed full of I

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Speaker 2: think about seven or eight different schools where there it

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Speaker 2: was a combined effort from the combined different from all

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Speaker 2: the people who would usually turn up at an accident scene.

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Speaker 2: So he had the police turn up, and the ambulance

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Speaker 2: turn up, and the fieries turn up, and our major

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Speaker 2: crash people turn up, and they went through the motions

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Speaker 2: of what would happen in a real life accident scene,

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Speaker 2: and a death message was delivered to some actors who

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Speaker 2: were playing the parents of someone who had died in

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Speaker 2: a motor accident, and these sort of things. It takes

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Speaker 2: away from the takes it away from being just strictly conceptual.

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Speaker 2: I you can die by doing this, but this actually happens,

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Speaker 2: and this is actually how it happens, and this is

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Speaker 2: why it happens. These more importantly for the younger people,

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Speaker 2: these are the consequences. So don't do it. You mightn't

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Speaker 2: think it's much texting while you're driving, all that sort

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Speaker 2: of thing. Oh it's just a quick text. I'll just

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Speaker 2: see if I can find the writer major And all

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Speaker 2: of a sudden you're not looking where you should be going,

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Speaker 2: and you're going to wreck. You run the substantial risk

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Speaker 2: of wrecking a whole lot of lives, including your own,

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Speaker 2: but more importantly other people's lives.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely well, John Godain, we always appreciate your time, particularly

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Speaker 1: on Road Safety weekend today as the National Day of

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Speaker 1: Action for Road Safety. Thank you very much for having

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Speaker 1: a chat.

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Speaker 2: With us anytime. Gatie, thank you, thank you.