The Ministry of Transport's draft road safety strategy released earlier this month is based on a set of seven principles which will resonate with progressive H&S practitioners everywhere. They are:

• We plan for people's mistakes
• We design for human vulnerability
• We strengthen all parts of the [road transport] system
• We have a shared responsibility for improving [road] safety
• Our actions are grounded in evidence and evaluated
• Our [road] safety actions support health, wellbeing and liveable places
• We make safety a critical decision-making priority

The strategy is well worth a read, particularly Focus Area 3 on work-related road safety, where it is pleasing to see Clare Tedestedt George's ground-breaking research acknowledged.

Driving for work purposes is a critical risk for most organisations but one which is still overlooked in many organisations' H&S risk frameworks. If you have a view on how work-related driving risk could be minimised then please read the strategy's ideas and make a submission on them.

Submissions close 14 August.