AMI Insurance is holding its first AMI Driver Reviver event of the year to raise awareness about driver fatigue.
The team will be based at Kawatiri Junction (between Wakefield and Murchison) along SH6 on Friday, February 2, between 3pm and 7pm.
There will be free barista coffees, hot food off the BBQ, and other healthy snacks ready to help travellers recharge, along with some useful tips to manage driver fatigue – a major cause of motor vehicle accidents.
Anyone on the road is encouraged to stop in for a complimentary snack or barista made coffee. Drivers and their passengers can visit the team onsite to learn more about how to curb the effects of driver fatigue, particularly on long journeys, while taking a rest on a bean bag.
The Kawatiri Junction AMI Driver Reviver event is a community collaboration run by AMI’s Community Risk team, in partnership with Tasman District Council, New Zealand Police, Hato Hone St John – and with support from Fulton Hogan.
“We have been running these events across the country for almost three years now and have received overwhelmingly positive feedback from drivers who found their interaction with experts about driver fatigue to be very useful,” AMI consumer brands executive general manager Paula ter Brake says.
“In that time, we have encouraged thousands of drivers to take a break, recognise and manage any fatigue and recharge for their journeys ahead.
“We are encouraging everyone to stop in and have a chat about the issue of driver fatigue – at the end of the day every New Zealander wants to get home safely to their whānau,” ter Brake says.
