4 December 2020

Drive like your life depends on it on CQ roads

The State’s peak motoring body today launched its ‘Drive like your life depends on it’ campaign, in partnership with Bishopp signs, which targeted head-on collisions on some of ’s high-risk roads.

RACQ spokesperson Lauren Ritchie said the Central police region, which included communities, had consistently been the State’s deadliest for road fatalities since 2015.

“It’s an horrific title to hold, and one that’s seen hundreds of people, their families and communities ripped apart by road deaths in 2020, and the year’s not over yet,” Ms Ritchie said.

“Many of these deaths can happen when drivers are tired or not paying attention, are distracted or speeding or fail to keep left on high speed roads, resulting in head-on crashes.”

Ms Ritchie said the Club’s campaign, which included 32 billboards donated by Bishopp Signs, asked motorists to ‘Drive like your life depends on it’ and would appear along some of the region’s busiest roads.

“We want motorists to keep left, check their speed, focus and drive like their life depends on it – because it does,” she said.

“Christmas is just weeks away and is one of our highest risk times for crashes with so many more Queenslanders travelling by car to be with family.”

Ms Ritchie said between 2015 and 2019 on the Bruce , between Gympie and Rockhampton, there were 65 head-on crashes which resulted in 20 people’s deaths.

“Drivers will see 14 of these billboards along that stretch of the Bruce alone, where head-on and run off road crashes are very common,” she said.

“You’ll also see them on the , the , on the way to the Gladstone Airport, and in and around Rockhampton.”

Billboard artwork Location Drive like your life depends on it Milman, Check your speed Gracemere, Capricorn Highway Check your speed Gracemere, Burnett Highway Check your speed Midgee, Bruce Hwy (inbound to Rockhampton) Keep left Midgee, Bruce Highway (outbound from Rockhampton) Drive like your life depends on it Ironpot, Yeppoon Road (outbound from Yeppoon) Check your speed Ironpot, Yeppoon Road (inbound to Yeppoon) Check your speed Ironpot, Yeppoon Road (outbound from Yeppoon) Drive like your life depends on it Port Curtis, Bruce Highway Drive like your life depends on it Rockhampton West, Capricorn Highway Focus like your life depends on it Bajool, Bruce Highway (inbound to Rockhampton) Check your speed Bajool, Bruce Highway (outbound from Rockhampton) Keep Left North Boyne River, Bruce Highway Check your speed South Boyne River, Bruce Highway Focus like your life depends on it Telina, Glenlyon Road Focus like your life depends on it Burua, Drive like your life depends on it Rockhampton, East Street Drive like your life depends on it Gladstone, Dawson Highway

Media inquiries: RACQ spokesperson Lauren Ritchie 0427 137 022; Principal Media Advisor Clare Hunter 0417 343 969.