In March 2023, we launched our Slow down for yellow road safety campaign to help keep our members and Road Service patrols safe at the roadside.
The campaign urges drivers to take care and slow down if they see the flashing lights of one of our patrol vans attending to a member's vehicle.
Data from our Road Service patrols shows that there were 17 reportable safety incidents caused by cars driving past breakdowns without due care from 2019-2022, including two where our patrol vans were hit by a car or motorcycle.
The road rule requiring drivers to slow down when passing emergency service vehicles was recently extended to include roadside assistance workers in Queensland, New South Wales and Tasmania.
