1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:04,280 Speaker 1: Northern Territory Traffic Police Senior Sergeant Paul Foustman. Great to 2 00:00:04,320 --> 00:00:06,400 Speaker 1: have you in the studio. I always struggle with your 3 00:00:06,559 --> 00:00:09,040 Speaker 1: surname for some reason, but I'll get there. 4 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:14,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, I noticed that you are improving, Fausty. 5 00:00:14,760 --> 00:00:18,280 Speaker 1: There's plenty going on at the moment now with this weather, obviously, 6 00:00:18,320 --> 00:00:21,079 Speaker 1: it means that it's a timely reminder to just slide 7 00:00:21,120 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 1: down a little bit and make sure you've got your 8 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:22,920 Speaker 1: lights on. 9 00:00:23,640 --> 00:00:26,279 Speaker 2: Yeah, the wet weather is upon us, as we spoke 10 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:30,040 Speaker 2: about in previous weeks, and obviously there's some testing times 11 00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:32,600 Speaker 2: when you're driving vehicles in the rain, especially when we're 12 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:34,279 Speaker 2: early in the morning and late in the afternoon. We're 13 00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:36,720 Speaker 2: on our way to work or on our way home 14 00:00:36,760 --> 00:00:39,320 Speaker 2: from work, so we know that we should be having 15 00:00:39,680 --> 00:00:43,560 Speaker 2: our headlights on and make sure our cars are road worthy, 16 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:46,600 Speaker 2: tires are good, and just be a little bit more, 17 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:49,239 Speaker 2: take a little bit more time and make sure that 18 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:52,400 Speaker 2: your hang back distance is a little bit expanded to 19 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:56,000 Speaker 2: the four second rule comes into play there, and daveryone 20 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:57,639 Speaker 2: should be safe on our roads by doing so. 21 00:00:57,800 --> 00:01:01,000 Speaker 1: Well, and let's hope that everybody actual does that. Now. 22 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:02,880 Speaker 1: I know that there's been a little bit of research 23 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:06,360 Speaker 1: conducted recently about seat belt wearing. What have I found? 24 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:10,000 Speaker 2: Yes, there has been some research CADI. As you know, 25 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:13,200 Speaker 2: the road Safety has shared responsibility on the roads of 26 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:16,000 Speaker 2: the Northern Territory and the Northern Territory Police work closely 27 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:20,320 Speaker 2: with other agencies, both government and non government agencies. In 28 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:25,480 Speaker 2: early twenty twenty, the Motor Accident Compensation Commission commissioned a 29 00:01:27,680 --> 00:01:31,080 Speaker 2: campaign to evaluate the always Wear your seat belt road 30 00:01:31,080 --> 00:01:34,520 Speaker 2: safety campaign. Now, your listeners out there may remember this 31 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:37,520 Speaker 2: one or no, this one with the peace sign that's 32 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:40,959 Speaker 2: back to front on an angle. One of the parts 33 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:43,440 Speaker 2: that sticks out for me is the young child in 34 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:45,880 Speaker 2: the back seat of the car that's actually identifying to 35 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:49,440 Speaker 2: mumum putting my seatbelt on. And that's a great thing. 36 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:52,000 Speaker 2: And so by the actual movement of the hand and 37 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:54,840 Speaker 2: the figure, the football players on the field doing it, 38 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:57,760 Speaker 2: what have you. We're trying to get that message across. 39 00:01:57,760 --> 00:02:03,200 Speaker 2: And so that's have been brought out relation to the 40 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:07,720 Speaker 2: success of the actual campaign and actually has been quite successful. 41 00:02:07,960 --> 00:02:10,359 Speaker 2: But there's some interesting results that have actually come out 42 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:13,320 Speaker 2: of it. The survey that they did, they surveyed about 43 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:16,960 Speaker 2: four hundred people and they were of a nice varying 44 00:02:17,040 --> 00:02:18,959 Speaker 2: age group, and they managed to get a fifty to 45 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:23,640 Speaker 2: fifty split between male and female. And it actually states 46 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:26,520 Speaker 2: some of the results state that over the last ten years, 47 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:29,200 Speaker 2: when the four hundred and thirty people that have died 48 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:32,200 Speaker 2: on territory roads are four hundred and thirty ten years 49 00:02:32,639 --> 00:02:35,760 Speaker 2: territories that still we would love them to still be 50 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:39,040 Speaker 2: here who have died on our roads, thirty three percent 51 00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:41,920 Speaker 2: or one hundred and forty three of those were not 52 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:46,639 Speaker 2: wearing a seat belt at the time of their demise. Now, 53 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:50,760 Speaker 2: obviously that's when you hear it in figures like that, 54 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:58,160 Speaker 2: it's shocking, it's confronting. And going further on, ninety nine 55 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 2: percent of the respondents that seat belts are important, that 56 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:06,840 Speaker 2: they save lives. However, almost half of the respondents forty 57 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:09,560 Speaker 2: six percent, had driven or been a passenger in a 58 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:11,840 Speaker 2: car without a seat belt on recently. 59 00:03:13,520 --> 00:03:14,639 Speaker 1: It's quite unbelievable. 60 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:17,359 Speaker 2: I'm sitting here shaking my head and I see you're 61 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:21,360 Speaker 2: shaking your head too, And in the past month, fourteen 62 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:23,840 Speaker 2: percent of the respondents hadn't worn a seat belt. 63 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:25,880 Speaker 1: It's the first thing I do when I get in 64 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:27,720 Speaker 1: a car, is I put the seat belt on. I'm 65 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:30,400 Speaker 1: really actually quite surprised that not everybody does that. 66 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:32,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's one of those things that you close the 67 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:34,960 Speaker 2: door and as you close the door, you reach across 68 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:36,360 Speaker 2: and you grab your seat belt, and if you put 69 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:39,280 Speaker 2: the car in motion, you you should have developed a 70 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:42,240 Speaker 2: feeling within yourself that something is missing, something is wrong, 71 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:44,280 Speaker 2: and you need to address it. You need to put 72 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:48,320 Speaker 2: the seat belt on. So you know, they've been around 73 00:03:48,320 --> 00:03:52,160 Speaker 2: since nineteen seventy one and people still fail to wear 74 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:55,440 Speaker 2: seat belts. And you know, I'll go on further to 75 00:03:55,560 --> 00:03:58,520 Speaker 2: state that the most common reason for people not wearing 76 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:02,160 Speaker 2: seat belts is that the driving a short distance. Now, 77 00:04:02,600 --> 00:04:06,000 Speaker 2: as a police officer, many officers out there will attest 78 00:04:06,040 --> 00:04:08,360 Speaker 2: to this that that is a common response. I'm just 79 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:12,720 Speaker 2: going around the corner. Commonplace for it is industrial areas, 80 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:16,200 Speaker 2: the tradees who are all running around, moving around really 81 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:18,960 Speaker 2: quickly picking up bits and pieces to build houses, fixed 82 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:22,040 Speaker 2: cars or whatever they do, and they file to put 83 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:26,640 Speaker 2: the seabot on and they risk a five hundred dollar fine. 84 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:28,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, well, this is the thing. You know, you're lucky 85 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:31,279 Speaker 1: if you just get a five hundred dollar fine, Like 86 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:33,520 Speaker 1: at the end of the day, you can lose your life, 87 00:04:33,760 --> 00:04:35,680 Speaker 1: and that's the important part here. 88 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:39,720 Speaker 2: Yeah. Absolutely, and then we speak about the risk associated 89 00:04:39,760 --> 00:04:43,440 Speaker 2: with that, and people were in our environment now we 90 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:48,360 Speaker 2: risk is something that all agencies and government agencies speak 91 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:52,360 Speaker 2: about the risk and they're obviously taking that risk one 92 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:54,680 Speaker 2: that they won't get caught and two that they don't 93 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:56,800 Speaker 2: perceive that there's going to be a potential of them 94 00:04:56,839 --> 00:05:01,360 Speaker 2: being involved in those serious car accident. Unfortunately, it's generally 95 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:06,240 Speaker 2: males really more likely to take the risk of driving 96 00:05:06,279 --> 00:05:07,039 Speaker 2: without a seat belt. 97 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:10,279 Speaker 1: Well, and you mentioned then that obviously the laws around 98 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:13,360 Speaker 1: wearing a seat belt came into effect in nineteen seventy one. 99 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:16,080 Speaker 1: Is it people that are maybe a little bit older 100 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:20,160 Speaker 1: that were used to driving without their seat belts. 101 00:05:20,279 --> 00:05:22,919 Speaker 2: You'd suspect that to be the case, Katie, but unfortunately 102 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:28,880 Speaker 2: it's not the majority of people that are that are 103 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:31,320 Speaker 2: not wearing seat belts of age between twenty one and 104 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:32,640 Speaker 2: twenty eight years of age. 105 00:05:33,320 --> 00:05:36,120 Speaker 1: I mean that Look that bothers me because I think 106 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:38,640 Speaker 1: it's young people. You sort of think your bulletproof, you 107 00:05:38,640 --> 00:05:40,480 Speaker 1: think that it won't happen to you, but that's just 108 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:41,159 Speaker 1: not the case. 109 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:45,120 Speaker 2: Yes, So I didn't want to be the bearer of 110 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:48,120 Speaker 2: bad news. But obviously it's a timely reminder to all 111 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:52,279 Speaker 2: our drivers out there and our listeners to really drive 112 00:05:52,320 --> 00:05:54,280 Speaker 2: home that you need to wear seat belts while you 113 00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:56,640 Speaker 2: drive your car. It is one of the major factors 114 00:05:56,680 --> 00:05:59,800 Speaker 2: of fatal and serious crashes on our road. So far 115 00:05:59,839 --> 00:06:03,159 Speaker 2: to date this year, we're tracking well as far as 116 00:06:03,720 --> 00:06:05,400 Speaker 2: no one really wants to say, you're tracking. Well. We've 117 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:07,800 Speaker 2: lost twenty people on our roads this year, and that's 118 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:12,520 Speaker 2: that's really sad. Last year we were at twenty three. 119 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:15,120 Speaker 2: We just got to keep moving towards zero. We've got 120 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:18,400 Speaker 2: to keep working towards that and where your seat belt 121 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:19,440 Speaker 2: and help us drive that. 122 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:21,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, I agree, well, and I mean even over the 123 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:24,479 Speaker 1: course of the weekend, we know, we've spoken to Saint 124 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:27,480 Speaker 1: John Paramedics and they'd said that there were seven crashes 125 00:06:27,520 --> 00:06:29,320 Speaker 1: on the weekend with seven people that had to be 126 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:33,839 Speaker 1: transported to hospital. You know, so those serious crashes happen 127 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:36,479 Speaker 1: a lot more I reckon than what people realize. And 128 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:38,520 Speaker 1: it just goes to show you again why it's so 129 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:40,560 Speaker 1: important to follow those road rules. 130 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:42,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, and I think people are probably becoming a little 131 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:46,599 Speaker 2: bit desensitized to the fact that crashes do occur. We 132 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:50,039 Speaker 2: see them quite regularly, and people just it becomes the 133 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:53,400 Speaker 2: normal the of their life. Well, we don't want it 134 00:06:53,440 --> 00:06:55,480 Speaker 2: to be the normal. We want it to be abnormal 135 00:06:55,560 --> 00:06:58,160 Speaker 2: that you come across a crash or that you're subjected 136 00:06:58,200 --> 00:07:00,680 Speaker 2: to the results of a crash. 137 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:04,640 Speaker 1: Ye. Well, Paul Fausman, NTI Traffic Police Senior Sergeant. It's 138 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:06,520 Speaker 1: always good to catch up with you. Thanks so much 139 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:07,320 Speaker 1: for your time today. 140 00:07:07,480 --> 00:07:10,360 Speaker 2: Thank you, Kay, just for your listeners. Just be aware 141 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:13,200 Speaker 2: schools back next week of course, yes, school will be 142 00:07:13,280 --> 00:07:15,120 Speaker 2: back there and expect to see us. 143 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:18,160 Speaker 1: Thank you, thank you. You are listening to Mix one 144 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:19,000 Speaker 1: oh four point nine.