Whether you arrive solo or you come with a mate, we’re teaming up this year
with the Road Safety Commission (www.wa.gov.au) 
to help make sure every WOW Festival wanderer gets there safely! 🚗

Here are some handy tips to help make your trip to and from the festival safer:

⚡Distractions during driving is one of the biggest causes
of accidents here in WA, so please consider your speed as you travel
along the roads and thoroughfares.

⚠️ If you glance away from the road when driving for just two seconds
at 60km/h, you're effectively driving blindfolded for 33 metres.
Even worse, at 100km/h, you miss 55 metres of road.

⚠️ It might only be a second or two, but if you’re changing a song
n your playlist, finding your sunnies, or even just doing your make-up,
you’re not looking at the road ahead.

🚘 Distractions during driving increases crash risk:

This includes visual, manual and cognitive factors,
such as using a mobile phone, eating, drinking, adjusting the vehicle
or even interacting with passengers in your car.

👁️ Visual: Taking your eyes off the road to look at a phone,
GPS or objects outside the car.

📱 Manual: Taking your hands off the steering wheel to use a phone,
eat or adjust in-vehicle equipment.

📧 Cognitive: Taking your mind off driving, such as deep conversation
or reading an email.

Common distractions include texting, making calls, using social media, fiddling with music,
talking to passengers or dealing with their needs, eating or drinking that diverts hands and attention,
changing the radio station, setting the GPS, adjusting mirrors, animals requiring attention
or even events outside the vehicle.

🦺 To ensure road safety, you should eliminate distractions
before starting your trip:

📵 Put your phone on 'Do Not Disturb'.

🗺️ Pre-set your GPS before starting your vehicle.

🚙 Adjust your seat and mirrors before starting your vehicle.

🐶 Ensure all of your passengers and pets are secured.

🍟 During your journey, avoid eating or drinking.

📻 Keep music at a reasonable level.

🧭 Ask passengers to help with tasks like answering calls
or navigating whilst you focus on driving.

🚨 If something does require your full attention, pull over to
a safe area, park your car, turn off the engine and
then address the issue.

🚔Give distracted drivers space, and, if they are driving dangerously,
report them to the police.

For more information on how
to stay safe this season,
check out Distractions.