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ADRA has compiled the following list of some of the latest important international, national, state and local studies and reports on road safety

• The Facts about Safety Radars and the Safety Warning Systems in WA 2010 **Latest Update
The government is proposing to ban safety radar detectors in WA without any investigation of the widely used safety warning system (SWS)and the drone radar warning system. Read More

• GPS V.S. Radar Systems in Australia**Latest Update
GPS Systems can include the Alert & Road Angel GPS Speed Camera & Road Hazard Warning Systems with speed camera data and road hazards. Read More

Massey Ferguson Tractors with Radar Speed Warning Systems**Latest Update
Radar Speed Warning Systems are installed on many Massey Ferguson Tractors. Read More

John Deere Tractors with Radar Speed Warning Systems**Latest Update
Radar Speed Warning Systems are installed on many John DeereTractors. Read More

Practical Strategy for Road Safety in Australia 2009
Deaths on Australian roads invovle many factors and there is a clear need to find new ways to reduce our increasing road death toll. Read More

Safety Radar Detectors and Safety Warning System Usage in Western Australia 2009
The Office of Road Safety has again proposed a ban be imposed on the use of Radar Detectors in WA. The same evidence and proposition has bee set aside by all previous Governments when presented with this proposal in 1999, 2002 and 2006 as there is no relevant evidence to support such a ban. Read More
Road Safety in crisis - Road Safety Report 2007
Today we are facing a crisis in Western Australia in the management and implementation of Road Safety policy. This crisis extends to the reporting, analysis, policy formation, implementation, enforcement and effectiveness of our Road Safety system. Read More
Our policy on an independent review of Road Safety
With an increase in both speeding fines and the number of speed cameras in WA and the reduction of speed limits, the death toll is on the increase and one of the worst for years. Read More
Speeding
Speed in excess of limits or the prevailing conditions is a major factor in road crashes, contributing to around one third of all fatal crashes in Western Australia. Read More
Non-Use of Seat Belts and Other Restraints
Failure to wear seat belts and other restraints contributes to serious injury and death in road crashes. Read More

Miscellaneous Traffic Offences
The penalties for a range of traffic offences have been assessed on the basis of risk or parity with similar offences.Read More

Speed cameras: Should they be used in Queensland?
Speed cameras have the potential to reduce accidents. They have distinct advantages over slant radar on busy roads and over guns in less heavily trafficked areas. Read More
The study of the use of radar detectors in Western Australia
The banning of Radar Detectors is, and should be a thing of the past Read More

• Road fatalities Australia
Fatalities by road user and year: State and Territory Read More

• Effective speeds
Car costs are slowing us down Read More

•Legal arguement against speed camera fine
To prove that police speed detection devices are not uniformly pattern approved Read More

• MORI radar detector survey summary report
Research study conducted for drivers' technology association Read More
• Radar ban repealed
Connecticut's name will be removed from the list of states which prohibit radar detector use Read More

• Are radar detectors "burglars's tools"?
Some Opponents of radar detectors have declared: "We don't allow people to own burglar's tools, and we shouldn't allow them to use radar detectors, either. The only purpose of detectors is to break the law"
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• Virginia on drone radar
Study of "effective of unmanned radar - a speed control technique in freeway work zones" Read More
Speed enforcement in Australasia
Practice - performance measures - outcome measures Read More
• Speed traps
Saving lives or raising revenue? Read More
• SWS
Safety Warning System (SWS) is now being used on WA roads Read More
• Active speed camera locations
Victoria speed camera locations Read More
• ADRA report
Regional Western Australia and the Safety Warning System Read More
• Road safety in the workplace: A road safety manual for all employers
Seven steps to safer use of company cars and light vehicles Read More

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other materials relating to the correspondence between Government body and ADRA:

Letter from Premier of Western Australia on investigation into the use of Safety Warning Systems in WA & proposed ban on radar detectors **Latest Update 01 October 2010 Read More
Letter from Minister for Police; Emergency Services; Road Safety Leader of the House in the Legislative Assembly on investigation into the use of Safety Warning Systems in WA & proposed ban on radar detectors **Latest Update 01 October 2010 Read More
Follow up Letter to the Premier, Treasurer, Minister for the State Development on facts about Safety Warning Systems & Safety Radar Receivers **Latest Update Read More
Letter from Minister for Police; Emergency Services; Road Safety Leader of the House in the Legislative Assembly on proposed radar ban June 2010 **Latest Update Read More
Letter from ADRA to Office of Road Safety in the area of Safety Warning Systems Read More

Letter from ADRA to the WA Police Head Quarter on Safety Warning Systems and Radar Detectors Read More

Letter from Minister of Consumer and Employment Protection in the area of Safety Warning System to be installed in WA Read More

Letter from Minister of Consumer and Employment Protection on Workplace Safety Read More

Letter from Minister for Health concerning WA Ambulance Safety Warning Systems
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WA government's position on the Driver Warning System (released Jan 2005) Read More
WA opposition's position on the Driver Warning System (released Jan 2005) Read More
Letter from ADRA to WA Police Minister updating developments in the areaof Safety Warning Systems Read More

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Disclaimer Information:
The text and documents contained in these reports were compiled from a number of different sources, representing many different viewpoints.
For that reason, no claims of content accuracy or other legal issues is made. Also, some of these reports were written several years ago, so the information contained in them may be slightly out of date.

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