The Rollover prevention safer journey’s programme is passing another significant milestone this week by ticking over 100 seminars, according to RTF chief executive Ken Shirley.
“The 100th seminar took place at Herberts Transport in Edendale on July 3 and is a classic example of how the programme has matured over its lifetime,” says Shirley.
“Operators are now contacting presenter Jeff Fleury or the Forum directly and organising seminars for their drivers,” he says.
Shirley says the RTF and its associations are determined to do everything they can to provide drivers with the most up-to-date information to help them prevent truck rollover.
New Zealand has historically had one of the worst rates of truck rollovers in the OECD.
“The programme’s reputation and the quality of the seminars now means that transport operators and industry participants up and down the country are champing at the bit to have Jeff come and talk to their staff. It has developed a life of its own,” says Shirley.
Nearly 5,000 drivers, transport operators and industry stakeholders have attended the 100 seminars held so far right across the country.
“NZTA’s Jeff Fleury has presented each two-and-a-half-hour workshop, many held at the request of operators at all times of the day and night. His tremendous enthusiasm and unique down-to-earth style have been critical to the programme’s uptake,” says Shirley.
Fleury was awarded the road transport industry’s Outstanding Contribution to Training Awards last year in recognition of his efforts.
The rollover prevention safer journeys programme is a joint initiative between the Road Transport Forum and NZTA with support from ACC and the NZ Police.
Seminars around the country are organised in collaboration with RTF’s three associations – National Road Carriers, Road Transport Association NZ and the NZ Trucking Association.
More information is available at www.rtfnz.co.nz.
