Royal Automobile Club of Victoria (RACV)

Royal Automobile Club of Victoria (RACV)'s Contributions to the NRSPP & Points of Contact

• Working Group - Safe Use of Mobiles in Vehicles
• Re:act Working Group

• Melinda SpiteriManager, Road User Behaviour

  RACV through Melinda Spiteri joined SUMV which included two core elements, delivery of the guide and the communications and engagement strategy. RACV assisted with human factors and policy guidance in the development of the SUMV Guide, the whole working group delivered:

  • NRSPP Guide: Developing an Effective Policy for Mobile Phone Use in Vehicles
  • B2B Video 
  • Mobile Phone Distraction in Vehicles – It Doesn’t Add Up! (Poster Series)
  • Melinda Spiteri joined Jerome Carslake,  NRSPP, and David Fitzgerald, Telstra, to sit on a panel for a Safer People sponsored breakfast discussion in relation to the SUMV guide, how organisations can implement it and learnings.
  • TAC A Road Safety Leadership Forum August 2016 hosted the launch of the guide.

  https://www.nrspp.org.au/resources/guide-to-developing-an-effective-mobile-phone-policy/

• Rebekah SmithEducation Program Coordinator

  RACV through NRSPP joined the Swinburne University Partnership Road Safety Student Campaign focused on driver distraction. What resulted was the establishment of Re:act to facilitate the annual establishment and growth of  the initiative.

  • • Re:act 2016 – Theme was Safer use of mobiles in vehicles, RACV representative was Melinda Spiteri
      • Swinburne University: Chloë Young’s ‘Live the Moment’ campaign
    •  Re:act 2017 – Theme was The morning after alcohol, RACV representative was Rebekah Smith
      • Swinburne University: Lucy Boehme ‘Give Your Liver Longer’ concept.
    • Re:act 2018 – Theme was Safe interaction of 18-25 year old road users with trucks, RACV representative was Rebekah Smith
      •  Swinburne University: Charlotte Hicks, Grace Kirby and Caitlyn Preyser were the winners of re:act 2018 with their hard hitting ‘Don’t Truck Around’ campaign.
    • Re:act 2019 – Theme Vulnerable road users and drivers: shared responsibility, RACV representative was Jeff McPhan
      • Swinburne University: Communication Design students Max Bufardeci, Riley van Ingen, Felicity Lemke and Caitlin Gmehling created the ‘100% Human’ road safety campaign
    • Re:act 2020 – Theme: Distraction, RACV representative was Rebekah Smith.
      • Swinburne University: Communication Design students Stephanie Powell, Thomas Pritchard, Caitlin Xavier & Laura Hughes created the ‘You miss a lot distracted’ road safety campaign