Chapter 5

Question 1

Vision and long term goal for road safety in NZ

Answer 1

A safe road system increasingly free of death and serious injury.

Question 2

How does safe system differ from traditional approaches

Answer 2

Rather than always blaming the road user for causing a crash it acknowledges that even responsible people sometimes make mistakes in their use of the roads.

Question 3

What are the safe system objectives (3)

Answer 3

Make the road transport system more accommodating of human error.
Manage the forces that injure people in a crash to a level the human body can tolerate without serious injury.
Minimise the level of unsafe road user behaviour.

Question 4

What is the key design factor for the safe system

Answer 4

The human body’s tolerance to crash forces. Crash forces would be managed so they do not exceed these limits.

Question 5

Safe system goals (4)

Answer 5

Safe roads
Safe speeds
Safe vehicles
Safe road use

Question 6

Safe system responsibility - who (5)

Answer 6

1 Road controlling authorities - design build and maintain roads.
2 Vehicle industry - provide safe vehicles.
3 Central and local governments - inform and educate. Provide safety regs and adequately fund road safety. Also integrating safety into decisions about land use.
4 Road users - unimpaired RIDS.
5 Employers - corporate policy and practice.

Question 7

Areas of concern - safer journeys and safe system- how many and what are the high concern areas (5)

Answer 7

13.
1 Reducing alcohol / drug impaired driving.
2 Increasing the safety of young drivers.
3 Safe roads and roadsides.
4 Safe speeds.
5 Increasing the safety of motorcycling.

Question 8

What are the top risk factors where police can make a difference (4)

Answer 8

Restraints
Impairment
Distractions
Speed

Question 9

What is the road policing target

Answer 9

5% reduction in road deaths each and every year

Question 10

Fleeing driver policy - overacrching principle.

Answer 10

Public and Police employee safety takes precedence over the immediate apprehension of a fleeing driver.

Question 11

Fleeing driver policy - additional principles (7)

Answer 11

Fleeing driver incidents managed in safest poss manner.
Inquiry phase is preferred over a pursuit.
Only commenced and/or continued when the seriousness of offence and necessity of immediate apprehension outweigh the risk of pursuing.
Fact that driver is fleeing doesn’t justify pursuit.
Decisions to abandon will be supported.
Use risk based assessments (TENR) and apply flexible response to changing circumstances.
Fleeing drivers held to account.

Question 12

Key objective of fleeing driver incidents

Answer 12

Resolving pursuit as safely and quickly as possible, using the least amount of force.

Question 13

What does TENR ensure during pursuit

Answer 13

Actual or perceived risks are fully understood on a continuing basis. Tactical options available are understood and deployed appropriately.

Question 14

Who is pursuit controller

Answer 14

Police comms shift commander or field supervisor if authority delegated. Police comms retain overall operational oversight even though command may have been passed. Comms may retake command.

Question 15

Overriding principle of applying TENR to pursuits.

Answer 15

Safety is success.

Question 16

Responsibilities during pursuit

Answer 16

Lead secondary passengers field supervisor pursuit controller ALL HAVE RESPONSIBILITY to make decisions about the safe mgmt and any of these can order pursuit is abandoned.

Question 17

Lead driver responsibilities

Answer 17

Continually assess risks
Ensure warning lights and siren activated
If constabulary passenger, direct to communicate
Notify comms asap and when safe
Acknowledge pursuit warning given by dispatcher
Maintain regular comms
Comply with directions from pursuit controller

Question 18

Pursuit initial sit rep contents

Answer 18

Pursuit
Location
Direction of travel
Fleeing driver description
Reason for pursuit