Safety Visions - the CARRS-Q Newsletter

- Self report data: reliable?
- Sneaky texting behind wheel
- Car to car conversations
- PhD by publication: The "write" option
- T2013 brings UN Decade of Action to Brisbane
- International News
- New grants and research
- Research to publication
- Education news
- Staff and student achievements
- Meet our Alumni: Hossein Rouzikhah
- Mark your diaries

- Insomnia and sleep apnoea trial
- Indigenous drink driving under review
- Effective speed enforcement
- Older driver safety research consultation
- International news
- New grants and research
- Research to publication
- Education news
- Staff and student achievements
- Researcher in focus: Dr Mark King
- Mark your diaries

- Thinking ahead: Brain controlled car of the future
- Variable message signs slow drivers
- Intervention to "pull up" first time drink driving offenders
- Abstract call opens for T2013
- First OSIT Conference a success
- International road safety news
- Education news
- Staff and student achievements
- Meet our alumni: Tristan Robertson
- Mark your diaries

- International alcohol & drugs conference comes to Brisbane
- Parents move to booster seats too early
- Tackling 33,900 preventable deaths & serious injuries
- International road safety news
- New grants and commissioned research
- Research to publication
- QFleet's support awarded
- Conference to spotlight occupational safety in transport
- Education news
- Staff and student achievements
- Researcher in focus: Dr Kirsten McKenzie
- Follow us on Twitter
- Mark your diaries

"Safety Visions" December 2011
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- Women's drinking on rise
- On the bike! (or not)
- Car ownership puts teens at risk
- International road safety news
- Occupational safety in transport conference
- Industry partners take out national award
- Education news
- Researcher in focus: Dr Md. Mazharul Haque
- Mark your diaries

"Safety Visions" October 2011
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- Anxiety and depression linked to risk-taking
- Adolescent passengers targeted to save lives
- Indigenous licensing program wins top award
- International collaborations
- Staff and student achievements
- CARRS-Q short courses
- Meet our Alumni
- New grants and research
- Mark your diaries

"Safety Visions" September 2011
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- UN Decade of Action for Road Safety
- QRSA Workshop
- CARRS-Q joins government reviews
- Myth buster: Helmets halve head injuries
- Staff and student achievements
- CARRS-Q short courses
- Researcher in focus: Dr Chris Wullems
- Mark your diaries
- New grants and research

"Safety Visions" Autumn 2011

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- Construction industry puts the screws on alcohol and drugs

- Three common failings cost fleets

- Chinese and Australian drivers targeted to slow down

- International road safety news

- Conference brings the front line to Brisbane

- Adolescent injury researcher recognised

- Testing new measures to enhance railway level crossing safety

- National excellence award for construction research centre

- Researcher in focus: Tamzyn Davey

"Safety Visions" Summer 2010

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- CARRS-Q drives away with international award

- Training program for rail incident investigators

- Transport expert joins CARRS-Q

- Monotony and fatigue: dual hazards for drivers

- 2010 Queensland Road Safety Awards Community Engagement Workshop

- Motorcyclist safety apparel under observation

- CARRS-Q success in ARC grant round

- Road safety expert awarded national fellowship

- Tackling overconfidence behind the wheel

- Researcher in focus: Dr Ioni Lewis

"Safety Visions" Spring 2010

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- Baby boomers drive the future

- New research to enhance heavy vehicle safety

- QRSA workshop to assist community road safety initiatives

- Education update

- Meet our alumni

"Safety Visions" Autumn 2010

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- Simulator set to drive down road toll

- Lockout reduces alcohol-fuelled crime

- Protecting volunteer drivers

- National award for UTL

- Learning to drive with ADHD: New research provides insight

- Education update: Alumni

- Staff performance recognised

- Researcher in focus: David Soole

"Safety Visions" Summer 2009

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- Exhausted new mothers at risk on the road

- Road safety not on employers' radar

- 2009 Queensland Road Safety Awards

- International road safety news

- Grey nomads admit to "winging it"

- Meet our Alumni: Hamish Piercy

- Researcher in focus: Dr Gavan Palk

"Safety Visions" Winter 2009

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- Sleepiness: A critical risk for young drivers

- New profile of injury prevention in Queensland

- International road safety news

- CARRS-Q scoops ARC grant pool

- Meet our Alumni

- Two new studies to target driveway run-overs

- Researcher in focus: Dr Kirsteen Titchener

"Safety Visions" Autumn 2009

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- Learner driver experiences to improve licensing systems

- Unlicensed and unregistered driving set for review

- CARRS-Q takes out community safety award

- Connection with parents and peers: A potential influence on young drink drivers?

- Researcher in focus: Angela Nielson

"Safety Visions" Spring 2008

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- Retirement marks the end of an era

- Major rural study findings released

- Queensland injury prevention under review

- Researcher in focus: Dr Simon Smith

"Safety Visions" Winter 2008

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- New simulator to advance road safety research
- Over the limit and behind the wheel no more
- What drives people to ignore medication labels?
- Researcher in focus: Professor Narelle Haworth

"Safety Visions" Spring 2007

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- Elephants in traffic & rice cooker helmets
- Motorcycle rider intentions & behaviour study
- Caution urged for offroad motorcyclists
- Researcher in focus: Professor Vic Siskind

"Safety Visions" Summer 2005

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- Awards recognise top road safety initiatives
- Researcher in focus: Dr James Freeman
- Rural Drivers at Risk on the Roads
- CARRS-Q Scholarship Opportunities

"Safety Visions" Autumn 2005

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- Road safety advertising ... the role of emotional appeals
- Boys on the road
- Pioneers to solve 4WD crash rate
- Developing countermeasures to address unlicensed drivers
- Riding the road
- Safety snippets

"Safety Visions" Summer 2004

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- Top Queensland road safety initiatives recognised
- Bid to help save lives on North Queensland roads
- Drug driving project underway
- You're becoming very sleepy ... A workshop in monotony
- CARRS-Q research & activity profile
- Staff accomplishments
- Driving your education further

"Safety Visions" Winter 2004

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- 2004 Australian Road Safety Inventors Forum
- Indigenous Licensing Project Update
- CARRS-Q research & activity profile
- Ambulance driver education under review
- World Health Day - road safety is no accident
- Level crossing risk management in Australia

"Safety Visions" Summer 2003

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- Risk-taking with young lives
- Railway level crossings
- Motor cycle crashes under review
- Awards recognise Queensland efforts
- CARRS-Q current research & activity profile
- Scholarship opportunities

"Safety Visions" Autumn 2003

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- Saving lives on country roads
- Who is road safety advertising relevant to?
- "Scandal of tolerance" for fleet safety
- Criminals beware: The traffic police are out
- Award wins
- Taking fleet safety international
- Motorcycle training scheme evaluation

"Safety Visions" Summer 2002

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- New messages needed for Indigenous drivers
- Firing on all cylinders
- Dealing with life at the wheel
- Youth drink driving video launched at Awards
- Distance Education developments
- AFL Club sponsored to drive sober
- Teaching children to "bounce back"
- Too drunk to drive ... what about walk?
- Fellowship for study of undercover police

"Safety Visions" Autumn 2002

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- Vision Zero for Queensland school children
- Driving disqualified
- Eyewitness recall
- Forum invention to target school bus safety
- All for the thrill ... the price may be "life"
- Funding new study initiatives
- Pubs tackle drink driving

"Safety Visions" Summer 2001

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- Drug driving challenges road authorities
- Tertiary training in road safety
- Fleet safety a growing concern
- Taking road safety into their own hands
- Parents: look twice before reversing
- new options for drinkd rivers
- Bigger may not be better on the road
- Innovative study finds traumatic experiences can create positive growth