Cloncurry Police and Department of Transport and Woolworths provided information booklets and brochures about road safety and fatigue when driving long distances to the public. Queensland Road Safety Week provides an opportunity to raise this critical public health issue and encourage the community to do what they can to keep themselves and others safe on roads with a theme related to the issue of driving fatigued or without restraints.
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With the vast distances between some of our towns here, fatigue is an important issue to be aware of. All the more important for drivers to plan their trips, particularly truck drivers who are regularly doing the long hauls.
Derek Barry
Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.
Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.
