L-R Mike Keating, Road Policing Command, Noel Lang, RAAG and Dennis Walsh, General Manager DTMR (Land Transport Safety)
23rd August 2017, Bargara.
RAAG Inc worked tirelessly to complete the Susie Whitehead Memorial Rest Area to reduce fatigue related road incidents on the Peak Downs Highway. The project provides aesthetically pleasing shade shelters, upgrades to existing and new facilities, completing a three-year project of upgrading the Nebo Heavy Vehicle and Motorist Rest Areas.
Winner 2015 Queensland Road Safety Awards
Innovation Award – Heavy Vehicle Camera Decals Project.
Erratic driving and associated high-risk driving behaviours account for a significant number of near-misses and fatal incidents along Queensland’s highways. Commercial heavy vehicle drivers witness, and are sometimes crash victims, because of other drivers’ unsafe overtaking, speeding and poor judgement. RAAG Inc in collaboration with local Queensland trucking companies researched deterrents to halt motorists performing high-risk driving manoeuvres. Together with aligned road safety organisations and authorities, RAAG have set in motion an ever-increasing display of “recording camera” decals on the back of heavy vehicles. The decals act as a safety message, and warning to inconsiderate or impatient drivers who may be considering undertaking an unsafe driving action.
Winner 2015 Mackay Regional Council Australia Day Awards
Community Group of the Year
26th January 2015, Mackay.
RAAG Inc was recognised at Mackay Regional Council’s Australia Day Awards for Community Group Award; which recognises an organisation, group or sporting association for its outstanding contribution and dedication towards improving, promoting and/or protecting lives of residents in the Mackay Regionals council area.