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| Boylan Traffic Solutions News |
April 2009
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In this issue:
- Winners of our Hot Lap draw
- Eastern Creek Drive Day draws the crowds
- Take the Fatality Free Friday pledge
- The worst cars of all time - 1911 Overland OctoAuto
Helping young motor sport stars reach their potential
The Australian Motor Sport Foundation's recent Drive Day at Eastern Creek (see story below) was a great success. Few people know about the work of this worthwhile organisation, established in 2001 by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport.
The foundation's aim is to help talented young Australian drivers reach the pinnacle of motor sport, in particular the FIA Formula 1 World Championship or the FIA World Rally Championship.
Recently, it has broadened its focus to become actively involved in the development and management of elite young drivers.
Past AMSF success stories include James Courtney - second in the 2002 British Formula 3 Championship - and, more recently, Tim Blanchard - second in the 2008 British Formula Ford Championship.
Safe motoring!
Peter Boylan
Neil Crompton
BTS TEAM SAFETY
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Hot Lap competition winners
Queensland Drive Day at Lakeside International Raceway
Above: The BTS performance cars will be on show at Lakeside on May 18
Winners from the Boylan Traffic Solutions Hot Lap Draw at the recent Australian Roads Summit are:
Renaye Peters
Troy Amiet
Straun Collins
Pradeep Sinnya
Ian Staines
Michael Paice
Gary Fisher
Hugh Donaldson
Bob de Verteuil
Craig Caton
Matthew Beggs
Winners can redeem their prize at a special Boylan Traffic Solutions Drive Day to be held at Lakeside International Raceway on Monday, May 18. Congratulations to all! |
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Eastern Creek Drive Day
Australian Motor Sport Foundation event draws the crowds
Above: Mark Skaife and Peter Boylan at the recent Eastern Creek drive day
Boylan Traffic Solutions took part in an Australian Motor Sport Foundation fundraising drive day at Eastern Creek on April 23.
The foundation is a not-for-profit organisation set up to assist and nurture young motor sport stars.
BTS managing director Peter Boylan spent the day taking friends, colleagues and valued clients for hot laps in one of the two BMW M3 race cars he owns. Dennis Cribbin and well-known motor racing journalist Peter McKay drove the other BMW.
AMSF spokesperson and five-times V8 Supercars/Australian Touring Car Champion, Mark Skaife, was the lunchtime speaker, keeping guests entertained with some amusing tales from his days on the grid.
All in all, a great event and one not to be missed in the future!
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It's yellow, it's ugly, it doesn't match anything,
but it can save lives
The French Government is using influential designer Karl Lagerfeld to promote its latest road safety message. Leveraging off the nation's obsession with fashion chic, the campaign highlights new legislation that requires all drivers to carry a reflective safety vest and triangle in the boot of their car. Failure to do so, carries a E135 ($244) penalty. |
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Fatality Free Friday is coming up on May 22 and businesses and government departments within the roads and construction industries are being asked to take the workplace pledge to help reduce road deaths.
The nationwide initiative is headed by Russell White, a road safety campaigner who has been at the forefront of some of the most recent research into driver training, including a joint PHD study with Griffith University which focused on the biomechanics of the driver and how these impact on driving performance.
Mr White says: ``Road safety is a complex issue but we believe that if drivers consciously think about road safety and safe driving for just one Friday in the year, that day's toll - statistically about 5.3 deaths - could be reduced to zero.''
Download the Fatality Free Friday pledge
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Worst 50 cars of all time
Eight wheels, but little charm
Continuing our series on Time Magazine's 50 Worst Cars of All Time, is the 1911 Overland OctoAuto. Its inventor, Milton Reeves, had a very hard head and, apparently, very poor eyesight. While the general conformation of the automobile was largely sorted out in the first decade of the 20th century - particularly that business about four wheels - Reeves thought perhaps eight or a minimum of six wheels might provide a smoother ride. Welding in some bits to a 1910 Overland and adding two more axles and four more guncart-style wheels, Reeves created the OctoAuto, proudly displaying it at the inaugural Indianapolis 500. Like its Marvel Comics-worthy name, the car was a bit of a monster, measuring over 6m long. Talk about scaring the horses! Zero orders for the patently ugly and silly OctoAuto apparently didn't discourage Reeves, who tried again the next year with the Sextauto (six wheels, single front axle design). | |
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Motorcycle deaths prompt new road safety initiative
The European Commission has awarded funding to a joint road safety program aimed at curbing the rising number of deaths among motorcyclists and scooter riders on European roads each year.
In 2006, at least 6200 riders of powered two wheelers (PTW) were killed in the European Union, representing 16 per cent of the total number of road deaths, while accounting for only 2 per cent of the total kilometres driven.
Primary goals of the project include increasing compliance of road traffic laws and regulations, increasing usage of helmets and protective clothing, and raising awareness about hazards.
Close co-operation with the traffic police in all participating countries will be a cornerstone of the project.
The safety initiative includes a promotional motorcycle tour across Europe, ending in Budapest.
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