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Overview of Package

Blind spots are areas around a vehicle that are not directly or indirectly visible to the driver. There could be pedestrians or cyclists in your blind spots at any time. Slow down. Try to anticipate their movements.

The package contains:

  • A generic overview of Toolbox Talk Discussion including a step by step process to assist team leaders/managers and facilitators to lead a Toolbox Talk discussion
  • Aid for the promotion of discussion
  • Topic background information and fact sheet
  • Discussion prompt sheet
  • Participant attendance record sheet
  • Participant self-assessment sheet
  • Discussion review sheet
  • Blind spots poster
  • Supporting PowerPoint slides
  • Blind spots video link (access video here or contact NRSPP to download)

This toolbox talk is a collaboration between the NRSPP and the Construction Trucks and Community Safety project, Victoria. The Construction Trucks and Community Safety project is a multi-stakeholder project supported by Road Safety Victoria, Department of Transport and Planning, Victoria. Published in August 2023.

References

  1.  Transport for London (TfL), “Safer Urban Trucks – The evidence for change,” 2016.
  2.  Transport for London (TfL), “Safer Trucks Direct Vision Comparison,” 2016.
  3. ARUP and Transport for London, “Exploring the Road Safety Benefits of Direct vs Indirect Vision in HGV Cabs,” 2016.
  4. Transport for London (TfL), “Exploring the road safety benefits of direct vision,” 2017.
  5. R. J. Jansen and S. F. Varotto, “Caught in the blind spot of a truck: A choice model on driver glance behavior towards cyclists at intersections,” Accident Analysis and Prevention, vol. 174, 2022.
  6. C. D. Mole and R. McGilchrist Wilkie, “Looking forward to safer HGVs: The impact of mirrors on driver reaction times,” Accident Analysis and Prevention, vol. 107, pp. 173-185, 2017.
  7. R. J. Frampton and J. E. Millington, “Vulnerable Road User Protection from Heavy Goods Vehicles Using Direct and Indirect Vision Aids,” Sustainability, vol. 14, p. 3317, 2022.
  8. R. Schindler, M. Jänsch, A. Bálint and H. Johannsen, “Exploring European Heavy Goods Vehicle Crashes Using a Three-Level Analysis of Crash Data,” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 19, no. 663, 2022.
  9. VicRoads – Victoria State Government, “Car doors & bike riders,” 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/safety-and- road-rules/cyclist-safety/car-doors-and- bike-riders. [Accessed 2022].
  10. D. A. Hennessey and R. Jakubowski, “The Impact of Visual Perspective and Anger on the Actor-Observer Bias Among Automobile Drivers,” Traffic Injury Prevention, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 115-122, 2007.
  11. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Construction Equipment Visibility – Diagram Lookup,” 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www. cdc.gov/niosh/topics/highwayworkzones/ BAD/imagelookup.html. [Accessed 2022].
  12. W. Moore, “Dealing with deadly spaces: Machine blind spots,” Construction Equipment, 2014.
  13. European Transport Safety Council (ETSC), “How to improve the safety of goods vehicles in the EU?,” 2020.
  14. Transport for London (TfL), “Direct Vision Standard for HGVs Safety Permit – Research and Tools,” 2016. [Online]. Available: https:// tfl.gov.uk/info-for/deliveries-in-london/ delivering-safely/direct-vision-in-heavy- goods-vehicles. [Accessed 2022].
  15. VicRoads – State Government of Victoria, “Bus & truck driver handbook,” 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/ business-and-industry/heavy-vehicle- industry/heavy-vehicle-road-safety/bus- and-truck-driver-handbook. [Accessed 2022].
  16. VicRoads – State Government of Victoria, “Construction Trucks and Community Safety,” 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.vicroads. vic.gov.au/safety-and-road-rules/road- safety-programs/construction-trucks-and- community-safety. [Accessed 2022].

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