Behind the Road Toll: Recent Episodes
Road Sense Australia
Real-world stories from people who have been personally affected by road trauma and those who confront it on a professional basis. We interview road safety advocates, first-responders, lawyers, court officials, health workers, corrections staff, educators, business leaders, policy makers, social researchers, parents, young people, offenders and more, to find out what really causes the road toll and what can be done to stop it. (Host: Tom Jacks, Producers: Karen Yu and Ashlyne Ocampo)
Motorcycle riders are highly overrepresented in road crashes and are seen as a high-risk or vulnerable group of road users. However, we don't often hear from the riders themselves and what they think would be the best way to improve motorcycle safety.
John Nelson has been a motorcycle safety advocate and lobbyist for over 30 years, he joins BTR to discuss motorcycle safety from a rider's point of view.
Athanasia Houvarda was a young business owner living her life, when out of the blue a devastating road crash forever altered her path in the world.
Now a passionate road safety advocate in Europe and North America, she joins BTR to discuss some of the key issues she has encountered in her bid to reduce road trauma.
Ever wondered what happens inside a courtroom in real life? Who better to ask than a lawyer?
In this episode, Joe Harding of NSW Legal Aid joins BTR to discuss the realities of facing court over a traffic offence; who winds up in court, how the court makes determinations and how hearings actually play out.
News of the untimely death of a young person at the hands of a drunk or drugged driver will always provoke public outrage, but rarely do we hear from the point of view of the perpetrator's family.
Melissa and Peter McGuinness, the founders of You Choose Youth Road Safety, speak to 'Behind the Road Toll' about the tragic loss of their son Jordan, the irrevocable impact his decisions had on a number of other families, and what they are doing now to try to stop other young people from making the same mistake.
In response to a series of intense personal losses, Michael Fitzgibbins created the educational road safety charity Road Sense Australia in 2014.
In this episode, Michael discusses the trajectory that took him from a small coastal town in South Australia to becoming the founder and CEO of one of the fastest growing charities in the country.