Published on Wednesday, 1 May 2013 at 12:00:00 AM
Members and families of the Pannawonica Volunteer Fire Rescue Service (PVFRS) donated their time on Good Friday and Easter Monday to serve tea and coffee from a fatigue trailer set up on the highway at the end of Pannawonica Road.
More than 50 vehicles stopped for free tea or coffee over the two days where close to 100 cups of tea and coffee where served A Road Wise (WALGA) display, brochures, merchandise for fatigue, drink driving, restraint and speeding were also made available for travellers.
PVFRS apparatus officer Darryl West said the fatigue trailer was an important aspect of road safety.
“The fatigue trailer is a valuable asset to all travellers, especially over holidays like the Easter long weekend, where due to long distance driving and fatigue, vehicle accidents may occur,” Mr West said.
The fatigue trailer an initiative of the PVFRS, has being operating since 2011. The concept was inspired by ex-Pannawonica resident Bobby Whitton, who also helped design and construct the trailer, and it has proved successful in campaigning for road safety.
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