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8.1 Traffic safety education

8.1.1 Road user responsibility (27 May 1991)

Drivers, riders and pedestrians should accept personal responsibility for improving safety and road user behaviour.  Education programmes should emphasise the need for individuals to recognise this responsibility.

8.1.2 Road safety education (27 May 1991)

Education during the early formative years of life is essential for developing attitudes consistent with acceptable standards of community welfare.

Road safety education should begin early in children's lives and should be continually developed through life.

Integrated programmes should be introduced to develop safe driving, riding and pedestrian behaviours as part of a pre-licence education based on:

• safety education in the curriculum of pre-schools and primary schools including parent involvement and programmed instruction in pedestrian, passenger and cyclist behaviour;

• traffic safety and driver education in the curriculum of secondary schools including programmed instruction in basic driving skills, driver behaviour and attitude development.  Similar courses should be available in technical colleges and adult education centres.

School teachers should be trained in traffic safety education and allocated to schools to conduct courses.

The results of the introduction of traffic safety education programmes at all education levels should be evaluated.

8.1.3 Post licence education (27 May 1991)

Courts specialising in traffic offences should have statutory powers to recommend post licence education courses for offenders.

8.2 Training

8.2.1(c)  Driving instructors training (22 July 2002)

Driving school instructors and driver licence testing officers should be required to pass appropriate examinations covering both theoretical and practical aspects of vehicle control and driver behaviour.

The minimum qualification for a driving school instructor should be a Certificate Three in Road Transport, Motor Vehicle (Driving Instruction).

The minimum qualification for a driver licence testing officer should be a Certificate Four in Road Transport, Motor Vehicle (Driving Instruction).

8.2.2(c) Motor mechanic and vehicle repair training (22 July 2002)

The training of motor industry repair personnel should be consistent with the needs of the vehicle construction, maintenance and repair industries and the needs of the public.

Recognising the scarcity of qualified motor industry repair personnel, State and Federal Governments, the motor vehicle industry and educational institutions should encourage and promote the education and training of motor industry repair personnel and apprentices and the promotion of training schemes.  Public and private sectors should be encouraged to provide the necessary funding for this vocational training.