Recommendations of the NT Road Safety Taskforce

At a glance

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The NT Road Safety Taskforce recommends a range of measures to improve road safety in the Northern Territory. These are the recommendations at a glance.

Changes to penalties

• Increase penalties for
  • alcohol-related offences
  • speeding
  • not wearing seatbelts
  • running red lights
• Introduce immediate suspension of driver licences for repeat drink-driving offenders
• Introduce tighter seatbelt regulations
• Introduce a demerit point system based on the national model

Changes to enforcement

• Improve detection of drink and drug-driving
• Introduce default speed limit on open roads of 110km/h
• Develop a Graduated Driver Licensing scheme for young drivers
• Install integrated red light and speed cameras
• Highway Patrol and Remote Area Traffic Patrol units to operate out of Katherine and Alice Springs
• Establish a dedicated Traffic Section in NT Police

Improved road safety education and signage

• Better road safety education curriculum for students
• Review current mandatory Drink Driver Education course
• Communicate new drink and drug-driving initiatives to the public
• Introduce community-based officers for outreach into remote communities
• Increased funding for road safety education
• Better signage and marking on routes with high tourist traffic

Improved coordination of road safety

• Improve coordination on road safety between all authorities