PPP124 Traffic

• Road trauma is trauma associated with a traffic incident and can affect the community financially, physchologoically, physicall, and emotionally 
• -Stakeholders-
• RMS (Previous RTA)
• NRMA
• Police
• Department of health
• Local councils
• Stay safe committee
• Independent transport and reliability regulator 
• MAA (Motor accident authority)

• Engineering 
• Education
• Encouragement
• Enforcement
• Evaluation

• Reduce fatal/serious crashes through a highly visable profile
• Promote voluntary road user compliance with traffic laws
• Detect and prosecute traffic offenders
• Promote the free movement of vehicles and pedestrians
• Be role models to the community through exemplary driving (lol)

• Human Factors (Driver error, inexperience) 
• Environmental factors (road design, weather)
• Vehicle factors (Brake failure)

• Driver
• Motor vehicle
• Road or road related area
• - add proofs specific to offence

• Any person driving a vehicle and includes any person riding a cycle and drive includes ride.
• Can be deemed drive if person has control of steering OR movement OR propulsion of vehicle.

• An area that divides a road
• footpath or nature strip
• An area that is not a road but is open to the public and is designated for use by cyclists or animals 
• an area that is not a road but is open to or used by the public for driving, riding or parking. 

• Self enforcing infrignement notice scheme 
• Can only issue infringement notices a time
• Fail to produce license is not counted in 4
• Unregister and uninsured counts as one offence 

• Offence is outside its time limits
• Fatal collisions
• Offence is not in fixed penalty infrinement handbook
• child under 14 was driver
• actions of driver in a non collision situation are reported by a comainant and not witnessed by police
• Driver of ambulance or fire brigade vehicle on urgent duty
• Drive is police officer on duty
• Serious traffic offence committed by police officer off duty

Power to demand drivers license and state name and home address

• Power to require owner of vehicle to supply identity of driver at time of offence - Demand identity of person responsible for vehicle + any person who may have information as to the identity of driver - Demand name and home address
• Form of demand power

• Power to remove danger or obsutrcion to fraffic from road related area
• -On road related area
• -Vehicle involved in colission/broken down
• -Falled, exscaped or been removed from vehicle 
• -Any container used for the transportation of material

• Power to remove unattended motor vehicles or trailers from certain places
• If unlawfully standing on a prescribed place (road or road related area)
• Can move if likely to cause - danger to the public or undue traffic congestion

• 1 month for offending driver
• 3 months if relates to collision resulting in injury
• 3 months if awaiting results of blood sample

• Power to inspect registerable vehicle for the purpose of deciding its identity, condition or the status of any registration or permit relating to the vehicle
• Does not need to be on road or road related area

• Formal warning
• Minor - no label, usually 2-14 days, clearence req
• Major - Yellow label, up to 24h rep
• Major grounded - Red label - To be towed

• Was any person killed or injured?
• Did the drivers involved leave the scene without exchanging particulars?
• Was any driver involved in the collision under the influence of alcohol or any other drug?
• Were any of the vehicles involved towed away?
• If answered yes to any above = major

• Attend, assess and advise 
• Attend to the welfare of the injured
• Identify drivers, passengers and witnessess 
• Breath test all drivers involved
• Identify the preliminary point of impact
• Ensure the free flow of traffic
• Record details and investigate
• Adjudicate and take action

• Use discretion and approach each situation on its merits
• Ensure you have established prima facie proofs for the offence
• Be presentable
• Be alert, active and prepared
• Be fair, equitable, courteous and co-operative
• Be firm and self confident by not officious
• Be consistent
• Be accurate, ensuring writing is neat and notice is complete
• Be tacticul while maintaining a respectful attitude
• When in doubt, dont issue

• Driver involved in crash must supply particulars to
• Any other driver involved
• And person injured
• The owner of property damaged
• - Driver must also supply particulars to police when
• Anyone is killed or injured
• Fail to exchange particulars
• Veh need to be towed as result of crash
• - Req particulars include
• Drivers name, address
• Name address of owner of veh
• Veh rego details
• Any information necessary to identify veh
• All within required time - (as soon as possible)

• Tow authority book
• Tow truck drivers certificate
• Drivers license for that class of vehicle
• Towing schedual

• broom
• Shovel
• Rubish bin
• Fire extinguisher

• Suspend - Police RMS
• Disqualify - Court, Magistrate
• Cancelled - RMS

Power for police to demand drivers license and driver to state name and address

• Power for police to demand name and address of driver of a motor vehicle alleged to have commited an offence from
• Person responsible for vehicle (Owner)
• Any person who may have information as to identity of driver 

• Power to remove danger and obstructions from traffic 
• Road/RRA
• A vehicle involved in accident or broken down
• Anything that has fallen, escaped or been removed from a vehicle
• Any container used for the transportation of material including a building skip

• What time was your first drink?
• What time was your last drink?
• Where did you consume these drinks?
• What size and type of drinks?
• Did you consume any food with these drinks? 

• Power to arrest for purpose of blood and urin testing - fatal or likely to be fatal collisions
• Cannot be taken more then 4h after collision 
• Driver must be atleast 15y.o
• Still breath tested
• Supervisor of learner inclluded

Power for police to have blood taken from injured driver who has been involved in a fatal or likely to be fatal collision and analysed for drug content without reasonable cause 

• Compulsory blood samples
• A person injured in a crash and treated or admitted to hospital, blood is to be taken and automatically tested for alcohol
• -No time limit -ssoon as possible - over 15

• Driver of motor vehicle
• Person sitting in drivers seat of motor vehicle attempting to put it in motion
• Supervisor of a learner driver
• Rider of a horse
• Pedestrian 
• Driver of vehicle other then Motor vehicle

• Driver involed in crash must supply particulars to any other driver or anyone injured in crash and the owner of any property damaged in crash
• Driver must supply particulars to police when
• anyone is killed or injured in the crash
• drivers fail to exchange particulars
• veh need to be towed
• req to supply version to police