The Broome Soccer Association is set to replace grass with bitumen to promote a valuable road safety message thanks to a $14,000 grant from Roadwise.
The BSA has purchased a new Driver Reviver Trailer and will head 150 km south out of town to encourage drivers to Stay Awake and Take a Break. Association members will join with police and roadwise to provide complimentary tea, coffee and biscuits to ensure drivers travelling to and from Broome enjoy a short break and arrive at their destination safely.
Currently there is no driver reviver program in Broome, yet the town has over 180,000 visitors to the region each year. Many of these people travel the long distances by road as self drive holidays. Fatigue is the silent killer on the roads. It could be responsible for up to 30 percent of deaths and a bigger percentage of serious injury crashes, leaving many people in wheelchairs or worse for the rest of their lives. BSA will promote the message of fatigue on long roads amongst their rapidly growing membership, and will embark on the driver reviver adventure twice a year.
The grant has seen some terrific community support with local businesses providing discounted services. To celebrate the arrival of the new trailer the BSA will host an official launch on Saturday the 20th of February from 8am at Gantheaume Point. Everyone is welcome to head down for a beach soccer kick and for a gold coin donation can grab a sausage cooked straight from the trailer's own bbq.
BSA Treasurer Tim Gray said the BSA was the first sporting club in Broome to undertake such a project.
“Getting a trailer like this enables us to store all our equipment in one safe place and also do our bit for the community,” he said. “The Driver Reviver itself is not only a great community service to support, but it gives us an opportunity to promote our sport and bring our members together over a weekend to socialise and of course play some soccer.”
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