Road Safety Truck is going through a refurbishment
LAUNCHING AT THE TMC TRUCKING INDUSTRY SHOW
26th November 2022
VISITS 2022 / 2021
2021 AUGUST 16 - Rangiora Borough School
Man is this Penske, MAN built to last?! After visiting Rangiora Borough School, over 40,000 participants of the NTA Road Safety Truck have climbed into the MAN cab, and it still looks brand new. A huge thank you to Penske for supplying the 640hp MAN for this programme and all our industry sponsors for making these visits possible. Kids are getting a real life experience on how to share the road safely with big trucks and this is ultimately saving lives. Rangiora Borough were fantastic students, soaking up the messages and really engaged with the activities, not wanting to leave the trailer until they had completed all the safety tips. These books are a wonderful resource, thanks to New Zealand Trucking Magazine for the booklet printing.
2021 JUNE 15 - Geraldine Primary School
The NTA and Road Safety Truck once again teamed up with Wood is Good to visit Geraldine Primary School to share messages and resources. Each student was given a Be Safe Be Seen high vis vest donated by Port Blakely and Warerings Transport generously brought along two awesome log trucks for the students to explore and learn all about wood and truck blind zones. Very engaged and excited kids, it was a rewarding experience for the teams.
2021 JUNE 2 - Addington Primary
Addington Primary School has been at the top of our list to deliver the Share the Road with Big Trucks Programme to, as they have an enormous amount of trucks travelling past their school each day, with teachers and parents very concerned about the safety of students. The school has a major freight route right at their front gate, so it was important for us to spend the day raising awareness about safety around trucks and giving tips on how to share the road. A huge thanks to NZ Express Transport for teaming up with us and bringing a glistening new Kenworth along to help share the messages. It was great to work alongside the local Road Safety Coordinator from Selwyn District, who was thrilled we could visit.
2021 APRIL 16 - Paroa School
The final visit on the West Coast was to Paroa School in Greymouth, a very sweet little school with excited students all keen to learn about road safety around trucks and why Wood is Good for NZ.
2021 APRIL 15 - Paparoa School
Day two of our West Coast, Wood is Good Road Show brought us to Paparoa School. Each student was given a high vis vest, with the key message 'Be Safe Be Seen,' a fantastic resource to give out to the students, and generously sponsored by the local forestry companies.
2021 APRIL 14 - Hokitika Primary School
We had a warm, excited welcoming from the students and teachers at Hokitika Primary School. NTA teamed up with Wood is Good, to spend the week delivering our two programmes to students on the South Island's West Coast. The partnership worked extremely well, with the students learning about truck road safety inside the Road Safety Truck, then had a variety of activities put on by Wood is Good, including talks from a forest manager about the importance of wood in NZ and the process of harvesting and milling logs, story time in the class rooms and blind zone demonstrations inside the logging truck. A huge thanks to local West Coast company T. Croft Transport for joining us throughout the week.
2021 FEBRUARY 25 - Lawrence Area and Waitahuna Schools
Our final leg of the Clutha District Truck Safety Road Show ended at Lawrence Area School, where we put their junior and senior students, as well as 13 students from the small school of Waitahuna through the Share the Road with Big Trucks Programme. It's so important for us to reach every student we can in these more rural areas, as they have so many truck movements through their towns each day.
2021 FEBRUARY 24 - Blue Mountain College, Tapanui
Day three of our Clutha District Road Safety Week saw us travelling to Tapanui to set up at Blue Mountain College to deliver our programme. We had a special visit from Waikoikoi school, who made the most of the opportunity and bussed in all 9 of their students to learn about truck road safety. We don't want any students missing out, so the invitation is sent to schools of all sizes! A huge thank you to West Otago Transport for offering your brand new Kenworth truck for the students to experience, it was hard getting some of them to leave!
2021 FEBRUARY 23 - Balclutha Primary and Warepa School
Day two of our Clutha District Road Safety Week included visits from Balclutha Primary and Warepa School. Really engaged group of kids who loved the opportunity to sit in the driver's seats of the three trucks we had on board. The programme is designed for all ages, from kindergarten right through to elderly. The messages are easy to understand and visual so that if a participant isn't able to read yet, they can still gain an understanding of the messages through the videos, images, activities in the take-home resource book and during the blind zone demonstrations. The younger students turn into back seat drivers, passing the messages on to their parents when they get home. The feedback we receive is so rewarding.
2021 FEBRUARY 22 - Clutha Valley and Rosebank Schools
It was a fantastic opportunity teaming up with the Clutha District Council to help us coordinate the delivery of the Share the Road With Big Trucks programme to over 1600 students from Clutha Schools. Unfortunately, the second week was cancelled due to a COVID alert level change, however we still managed to deliver in the first week starting with Clutha Valley School - even attracting interest from the local Mayor who couldn't resist sitting in the truck driver's seat for a look. A huge thank you to Cranleigh Haulage who came along with a working truck to help us deliver these life saving messages to the kids. Likewise, a big shout out to McLellan Freight who heard about our visit and came along to help out, bringing another truck for the kids to experience. They really care about the students they pass every day and wanted to show their support of the programme.
2020 DECEMBER 4 - Papanui High School
Great participation from the students at Papanui High School, who were very well engaged with the Share the Road with Big Trucks Programme. Jess from Pacific Fuel Haul generously brought her fuel tanker along for blind zone demonstrations, plus a chance to show some interested students, how to connect up the pipes. Great opportunity to showcase industry careers at the same time as delivering road safety messages. As always each student took a Truck Road Safety Activity Book home with them, which are generously supplied by New Zealand Trucking Magazine - thanks so much for this valuable resource!
2020 NOVEMBER 26/27 - Avonhead School
The NTA Team and volunteers geared up for a big couple of days at Avonhead School to put 680 students through the Share the Road programme. It was awesome to have the extra trucks along from Penske, Pacific Fuel Haul and TR Group to make sure each student got to experience the blind zone demonstration and have the opportunity to ask our drivers plenty of questions.
2020 NOVEMBER 9/10 - Clearview School
It was great to have some of our big sponsors join us at Clearview School - including TR Group and Penske, plus a big thanks to Sicon and Pacific Fuel Haul for providing vehicles and volunteers on the day - we couldn't do this work without the generous support from sponsors and volunteers. Share the Road with Big Trucks is the only interactive truck road safety programme in New Zealand and when supporters bring extra trucks along it makes the experience even better, as students get to have a look inside all of the trucks to see the blind zones for themselves and how they can differ depending on the truck shape and size.
2020 SEPTEMBER 24 - Glasnevin Weigh Bridge, Canterbury
The NTA teamed up Teletrac Navman during the national Mental Health Week to visit Glasnevin Weigh Bridge and put trucker's health in the spotlight. Over 100 drivers stopped to visit the Road Safety Truck for a good chat, to collect resources and learn some wellbeing tips. Cody from Teletrac Navman was there demonstrating a range of great exercises that can be done in and around a truck during breaks, using the exercise resistance bands given out to drivers on the day. A big thanks to BP for donating a bunch of coffee vouchers for the drivers too. Stuff produced a great article highlighting the days event.
2020 SEPTEMBER 22 - Toll Depot Dunedin
The NTA teamed up with EROAD and Teletrac Navman during the national Mental Health Week to raise awareness of Truck Driver health and wellbeing. The Road Safety Truck started in Dunedin at Toll Group's Depot to offer the Healthy Truck Driver programme and Free Health Checks to all transport operators in the area, thanks to EROAD and St John. All participants were given resources and offered blood pressure and diabetes checks with St John, to help them become aware of how they are trucking along. A great feature article was posted in Scoop.
2020 SEPTEMBER 15 - ClarkvilleSchool
Great day at Clarkville School delivering the Share the Road with Big Trucks programme alongside Logging Transport Operator SML. It's awesome to partner with such a professional team like SML, who do an amazing job giving the students important blind zone demonstrations from inside their working trucks. Students also get an insight into the journey of timber and the importance of wood in NZ.
2020 AUGUST 26 - Lyttelton School
Lyttelton School students experienced a truck road safety day with the Share the Road with Big Trucks Programme. One of the most important parts is getting the students into the truck driver's seat to experience the blind zones and see for themselves what the driver can and cannot see on the road. It's eye opening and students leave with much more awareness on how to stay safe around trucks.
2020 JULY 29 - Glentunnel School
The NZ Road Safety Truck teamed up with local logging transporter SML to share important road safety messages at Glentunnel School. It was awesome to see the kids so engaged and so important as logging trucks are regularly passing by their school. SML did a great job showing the truck's stopping distances with a real-life demonstration using one of their trucks. Students were shown how long it takes a truck to stop when driving 50km per hour and then again at 30km per hour.
2020 JULY 23 - NZGFA Training Day
After lockdown it was fantastic to be back on the road again running this great initiative; The Trucking Along Driver Health Programme at the New Zealand Groundspread Fertiliser Association Health & Training conference in Ashburton.