A Volvo Trucks Malaysia representative teaching the children to wave to the truck driver for his attention, to tell him to be mindful of their presence
Volvo Trucks is continuously reinforcing their long-term commitment to national road safety by promoting their "Know Your Blind Spots" and "S top, Look & Wave" initiatives with the aim of creating awareness for Malaysians as well as truck drivers on ways to keep safe when driving or when facing large trucks on the road. Volvo Trucks recently showcased these initiatives to participants and spectators at the inaugural Lafarge Malaysia Berhad's Truck Driving Competition (which is part of their 12th Drivers Safety Day).
(L-R) Shamri Lai, Health, Safety and Environment Manager, Logistics, Lafarge Malaysia Berhad; Datuk Roslan Eusoff, Deputy Director General, JKJR; Thierry Legrand, President and CEO, Lafarge Malaysia Berhad; Puah Khalidah Mustafa, Managing DIrector, SIRIM QAS International Sdn Bhd; Professor Dr Wong Shaw Voon, Director-General, Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (MIROS); Suzanne Ooi, Vice President of Marketing, Volvo Malaysia Sdn Bhd; Rey Cervera, Vice President, Logistics & Procurement, Lafarge Malaysia Berhad; Syed Muhammad Syed Nadzir, Public Affairs Director, Lafarge Malaysia Berhad with the children at the Lafarge's 12th Drivers Safety Day
The Lafarge Truck competition revved off July 18 in Perak before moving to Selangor on July 20 and Johor on July 24. A total of 23 Lafarge drivers used Volvo trucks to show off their safe driving skills and abilities in front of competition judges comprising official Volvo Group trainers.
Aside from that the event also allowed staff of Lafarge and especially their children to learn about trucks and road safety.
Nurhafizah Taat, CRM Manager, Volvo Trucks Malaysia demonstrating the Stop, Look and Wave gesture to the children
When an accident happens involving large trucks, truck drivers are usually blamed. And for Volvo Malaysia Sdn Bhd (Volvo Trucks), prevention is always better than cure. To address this issue, "Know Your Blind Spots" and "Stop, Look & Wave" initiatives were started. It seems to great success from the photos herein. And furthermore, these initiatives have received strong support from SPAD, JPJ and MIROS (government agencies related to commercial vehicles, vehicles and road safety).
Professor Dr Wong Shaw Voon, Director-General, Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (MIROS), waving back to the children during the "Know Your Blind Spot" and "Stop, Wave & Look" activities
Participants queuing up to register for the "Know Your Blind Spots" and "Stop, Wave & Look" activities by Volvo Trucks Malaysia
PRESS RELEASE
Volvo Trucks Emphasizes Safety First with Long term Campaign for
Public and Truck Drivers
Shah Alam, 23 August 2016 – Volvo Malaysia Sdn Bhd (Volvo Trucks) today reinforced their
long term commitment to national road safety by further promoting their “Know Your Blind Spots”
and “Stop, Look & Wave” initiatives, which aim to create awareness on keeping safe when driving
or facing large trucks on the road.
Launched at Volvo Trucks’ recent Fuelwatch Challenge, the company showcased both initiatives to
participants and spectators at the inaugural Lafarge Malaysia Berhad Truck Driving competition.
The competition, held at the MAEPS and organised in collaboration with Volvo Trucks, focuses on
developing competent drivers by providing them technical skills and inculcating safe driving
behaviour.
The “Know Your Blind Spots” campaign and its corresponding activities look to create awareness
among road users and truck drivers on identifying blind spots and practicing proper road etiquette.
It aims to provide drivers information on road rules, safe driving knowledge and ways to avoid
blindspot crashes while encouraging them to take more notice of other road users.
The campaign also educates all other road users on the steps required to manage and reduce their
own personal risk by understanding the blind spots around a truck.
“Stop, Look & Wave” activities, on the other hand, are geared towards raising children’s awareness
on behaving safely in traffic via the use of specially developed training kits. Part of the Volvo
Group’s global campaign, the initiative offers interactive training and user material for children as
well as educators, youth group leaders, police officers and other people who work with children.
“The word safety is built into our brand heritage and culture it is part of our Volvo DNA,” said Mats
Nilsson, Managing Director of Volvo Malaysia Sdn Bhd. “We believe that prevention is better than
anything, thus, apart from building the safest trucks, we also promote initiatives such as ‘Know
Your Blind Spots’ and ‘Stop, Look & Wave’ to create awareness and educate the public about road
safety.”
He added that Volvo Trucks had interacted with numerous truck drivers over the years. These
drivers, he said, frequently commented on how vehicles cut out in front of their trucks without being
aware of the presence of blind spots. Frequent communication with and feedback from these
drivers gave birth to collaboration with a truck group called ‘Trucks and Buses Community of
Malaysia’, who share the same concerns on safety and have extended much support by becoming
Volvo Trucks Safety Ambassadors.
“When an accident happens, trucks drivers are always blamed,” continued Mats. “We decided to
champion their cause via our ‘Know your Blind Spots’ campaign, which has received strong
support from SPAD, JPJ and MIROS.
“The objective of this initiative is to remind truck drivers as well as the public on the existence of
blind spots and how it is the responsibility of each and everyone of us to play our part in keeping
roads safe for all users.”
The winner of the recently concluded Fuelwatch Challenge, 38yearold Zulkifli bin Saad of Prifaria
Sdn Bhd, agrees.
“Both Fuelwatch and Volvo Trucks ‘Know Your Blind Spots’ has taught me the importance of road
safety and how everyone has a responsibility to keep each other safe on the roads. These events
have helped me further understand and be more conscious of my surroundings when sharing the
road with other users,” said Zulkifli.
The Lafarge Truck competition revved off July 18 in Perak before moving to Selangor on July 20
and Johor on July 24. A total of 23 Lafarge drivers used Volvo trucks to show off their safedriving
skills and abilities in front of competition judges comprising official Volvo Group trainers.
For more information, you can reach Volvo Trucks Malaysia Customer Service Centre at
0123731030 / 0192401030 or visit the official Volvo Trucks Malaysia Facebook page at
www.facebook.com/VolvoTrucksMalaysia
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