 I'd like to welcome you to the Central Region Road Safety Week which runs from the 17th of March and to the 23rd of March this year. This is an innovative whole of community, whole of industry approach to road safety and is a first for Australia. Together we have adopted the theme road safety is your future. Simply abide by the road rules and you will have a future. I'm delighted to welcome Corporal Ben Robert Smith VC-MG in the role of Ambassador. Ben will be a dedicated ambassador in an ongoing capacity and will assist with the promotion of key safety messages. The challenges we face to reduce road trauma are by no means small. The central police region comprises almost 14% of the state spanning from Bowen in the north to Budrum in the south and is traversed by a significant road network including 1100 kilometres of the Bruce Highway. Some 66% of the highway sits within the central police region. Sadly in 2013 there were 95 deaths on our roads in central region. Whilst this represents a reduction on the previous year it is still the most fatalities of any police region in Queensland. Our wish is and should always be to have a fatality free community. That is our objective and this can be achieved with everyone being responsible on the roads every day. The community safety is our priority and whilst we will continue to target motorists who break the law equally we encourage all road users to embrace the theme road safety is your future. To show your support during the central region road safety week I encourage all road users to turn on your lights to promote lights on for road safety. Thank you.