Community Lectures

South Australia Police, Traffic and Training Section can present road safety education sessions, lectures and displays to businesses and to community or public groups.

Programs offered include:

• Business driver awareness program
• Australian road rules
• Older road users
• Community lectures (covering topics such as alcohol and driving, traffic related equipment, caravan and trailer towing regulations
• Urgent duty driving awareness (for emergency service agencies only)

To make a booking

To make a booking for the South Australia Police to visit your business or community group:

Phone: (08) 8207 6585

or download and complete a request form  MS Word (120KB)

Bookings for the traffic control - marshall training program are made through the Emergency and Major Events Section of the South Australia Police. To make a booking phone (08) 8207 4036.

Business Driver Awareness Program

This is an interactive refresher course on Australian road rules, discussing crash risk including alcohol and drugs, fatigue, speed and driver attitudes to road safety.

The program is for company personnel.

Duration: 90 minutes

Australian Road Rules

This program is an interactive refresher course on Australian Road Rules. It gives the audience the opportunity to clarify rules they are not sure of.

The program is for all road users.

Duration: 60 minutes

 

Older Road Users

This program is an interactive refresher course on Australian road rules, aimed specifically at older road users. It discusses crash risk from speed, fatigue, alcohol and prescription medication and attitudes to road safety. It includes motorised scooters (for example gophers) and pedestrians.

The program is for older road users.

Duration: 60 minutes

Community Lectures

The Traffic Training and Promotion Section of the South Australia Police can provide a lecture tailor-made to meet your specific needs, covering a variety of road safety and road law subjects to suit specific community groups. They can cater for small community groups or a large forum.

A variety of traffic equipment can be incorporated into the lecture so the audience can see and use the equipment used by police. The lecture can be restricted to a specific topic but can allow the flexibility of other topics to be discussed. A lecturer may be available on request for weekend or evening lectures.

Topics that could be covered include:

• Alcohol and driving
• Traffic related equipment
• Caravan and trailer towing regulations

 

Urgent Duty Driving Awareness (for Emergency Service agencies only)

This program discusses road risk management relating to urgent duty driving applicable to the emergency services.

The program is only for emergency service agencies.

Duration: 60 minutes

Traffic Control - Marshall Training

The purpose of this program is to train people so they are competent to perform duties as legally trained and authorised traffic marshals at public events where traffic control is required.

The program is for organisations such as service clubs and car clubs.

Duration: 45 minutes

Displays & voluntary breath testing

South Australia Police can enhance your event with interactive displays and/or conduct voluntary breath testing. For more information, or to make a booking:

Phone: (08) 8207 6586 or (08) 8207 6585

Fax: (08) 8207 6593, or

download and complete a request form  MS Word (127KB)

Displays

South Australia Police can provide a visual traffic display to promote road safety issues, with a police officer available to answer road-related questions.

The display can be tailored to suit different event themes with a selection of brochures and handout material available from various government departments.

It can be held at both indoor and outdoor venues, is available both week days and weekends, and for events over several days.

Examples of successful and effective displays include:

• Royal Adelaide Show
• Riverland Field Day
• Lucindale Field Day
• Mount Gambier Show

Voluntary breath testing

Police officers from the Traffic Training Section can provide education about drink driving issues at community-based events where alcohol is available. People attending the event can undergo voluntary breath testing to obtain a breath alcohol result, subject to a disclaimer advising the person that the test is accurate at the time, but is subject to change over time.  Advice is given about the absorption rate and elimination rate of alcohol.

Police use the same equipment used by patrols and can dismiss many 'urban myths' associated with the consumption of alcohol and its effect on a driver.

Examples of successful and effective displays include:

• Norwood Food and Wine Festival
• Oakbank Racing Carnival
• Kangaroo Island Cup
• Berri Food and Wine Festival

Organisers of these events have found this to be a very popular and worthwhile display that does not detract from the theme of the event.