Flying when you are in a wheelchair is not fun. I’ve mentioned before that I need assistance to get on and off a
plane. So when the opportunity came up to visit some workplaces by road I jumped at it.
I loaded up my ute and headed off. I have a UHF CB Radio in the ute and I normally keep it on Channel 40 and listen to the truckies.
As always there is a fair bit of swearing, but the really good thing is that most truckies encourage each other to stay safe. Every conversation I listened to during my road trip signed of with...
"Have a good night and stay safe." or
"You take care mate drive safely."
There were the warnings for police patrols and traffic hazards, there were plenty of swear words. But most conversations were warning other drivers of any road issues and encouraging each other to be safe.
Alan goes into detail about the accident that changed his life and what that moment was like, from the time the machine took his arm through to the surgeries and aftermath of the accident.
These are the locations we will be in during the next couple of months. If you would like someone to visit your workplace please get in touch and we will see if we can do it while we are there. It will save you some travel costs….
This one is close to home for me as part of the reason I got hurt was I was not
driving to the conditions. Anyhow I told you about my road trip this month, I did 3000km on mainly country roads.
But this week I have spent the week in Sydney. I have several different locations that I need to visit all over Sydney. I’m on day 3 and so far I have covered 128km of city roads, but my trip computer tells me that my average speed has been 29.4km/h
I’ve spent a lot of time sitting in traffic.
It got me thinking that you really do need to drive to suit the conditions... One week 3000km at 100km/h and the next week 128km at just under 30km/h.
This happens every year, and I am sure it will happen again this year, people ring us up in September or even in October and ask if they can get a speaker out to their workplace!
If you are planning an event or a safety day and you want one of us to share our experiences with your people then please get in
touch NOW to book your speaker. Don’t leave it till the last minute.
I sent a message to the other Safety Speakers late last year and asked them to give me a statement or a sentence about what they enjoy about sharing their stories.
