The Canberra Road Safety Campaign was officially launched by Grassroots Adviser Dr Lim Wee Kiak on 5th May 2014 at Northoaks Primary School. Dr Lim is seen here chatting with Mr Tan Teng Lip (SMSA President), Bingo (with helmet) and Mr Peter Burns (FleetSafe Asia).
For this year's campaign, the objective of SMSA Mobility and Road Safety Commission is to demonstrate and educate young children on the various blind spots of a heavy vehicle. As exemplified in the picture below, the motorcycles are in the blind spots of the truck and hence cannot be seen by the truck driver.
For this year's campaign, the objective of SMSA Mobility and Road Safety Commission is to demonstrate and educate young children on the various blind spots of a heavy vehicle. As exemplified in the picture below, the motorcycles are in the blind spots of the truck and hence cannot be seen by the truck driver.
However, it will be too challenging for us to arrange an actual truck into the school premises and carry out the exercise. Hence, with the help of Karl Daruwalla, Paul Lincoln and Peter Burns, we created a prop (shown in the picture below) that's not only portable but could be erected within minutes!
For our demonstrations, Peter was the presenter while Carmen played the role of the truck driver. A webcam was mounted on her head for the purpose of transmitting live feed to a connected projector. This in turn enabled the audience to witness
the exact view from the driver's perspective.
Bingo would then move around the truck to
illustrate where the various blind spots are to the audience i.e. areas that were not
visible to the driver.
Last Friday, our team conducted its 2nd demonstration at Wellington Primary School where I was warmly greeted by the Principal, Mr Gary Tsu (center). I was also pleasantly surprised to have the Road Safety team from Traffic Police Department and their Commanding Officer DSP Soh Wan Khuan (left) there to watch our demonstration.
This morning, we witnessed the largest turnout (more than 1,500 students) for our 3rd and final show at Endeavour Primary School. In order to ensure that the signals from Carmen's webcam were
properly transmitted, I checked out the AV room located on top of the school hall. Very glad to see the controls were manned by 2 very young students!
Our shows may have ended but we are proud to have found a new 'home' for our truck. It is now parked within the Road Safety Park at East Coast where the teaching of blind spots shall continue.....
