Natasha Griggs (Solomon, Country Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Tomorrow, 29 May, is Fatality Free Friday. Fatality Free Friday is Australia's largest community-based road safety campaign. It focuses on the collective and individual responsibility for road safety of all road users. That includes motorists, cyclists and pedestrians.

Those taking the pledge promise to remind their family, friends and workmates to take extra care on the roads, by putting their lights on for safety, by not speeding, by wearing their seatbelts and making sure they absolutely do not drink and drive. Fatality Free Friday is a good reminder that, even with the safest of cars, the most advanced roads and the best public education campaigns, road safety is ultimately in the individual's hands.

I have taken the pledge and I encourage all residents of the Solomon electorate to help make our roads safer by also taking the pledge. They can do that by going onto the website www.fatalityfreefriday.com. I also urge all my colleagues here to please take the pledge if they have not done so already.