 Over the past 24 hours we've seen some real carnage on Queensland roads. It's been a terrible 24 hours for policing. We've seen three people killed and we've also seen a number of serious traffic accidents, not the least of which occurred in the northern suburbs of Brisbane today. So it really has been a terrible time on the roads and it's a time that we need to start really thinking carefully as road users about our own driving behaviour whilst investigations will continue in relation to the cause of these tragic crashes. We do continue to remind people that the fatal four road crash, the reasons for road crash are still the sorts of things that are being represented far too often in our statistics. So we'd urge people to really think very cautiously about your driving behaviour. There are all things that we can do to ensure the safety of not only ourselves but others on the road. At the end of the day what this road toll will look like at the end of 2012 very much comes down to each and every one of us. We need to ensure that we're patient behind the wheel. We certainly need to make sure we're not speeding, not drink driving, not driving whilst tired and always wearing a seat belt whenever we're in a motor vehicle. I'm happy to take some questions. A couple of them in particular, one at Nundah, there's another one at the foot train up north as long as you're trying to get across. Is that for outside the fatal four road? That's just behaviour that's hard to explain at all. This is something that we're seeing. The fatal four of course is our major focus because it does represent overwhelmingly the majority of our tragic crashes. But I think the important thing to remember is that road rules really are there for a reason. We are starting to see a number of traffic crashes that have resulted from people simply failing to take or have due regard for the road rules. This is a very difficult thing for people to really, for us to explain away. The road rules are there. We expect, as all community people do, as all people sharing the roads will, that people will obey the rules. And of course, on roads, disobeying the rules is a potentially fatal thing to do. Does it drive you nuts to see this sort of thing happen time after time? Look, I think that we really have to start asking the question why the message about road safety isn't getting through to the extent that we'd like. Now, we realise that 2012 is just kicked off. It's just the start of the year, but already we've seen 16 people killed on our roads. Now, that represents almost one person a day. At the conclusion of 2012, our road statistics are going to be absolutely appalling, but more importantly, these statistics represent loss of life. They represent loss of income. They represent sadness and misery to families, to employers, to friends. The ripple effect of so many people being killed on our roads is almost impossible to fathom and calculate. So, when we talk about the statistics, it's really important to remember that what we're talking about here is actually people's lives, it's fathers, it's partners, it's sons, it's brothers, and they're all people who've died on our roads here in Queensland. And really, we are the ones who have the option about whether this road toll is going to increase or decrease. Everybody that drives a motor car or uses the road in any way, whether it's a pedestrian or a cyclist, everybody has a responsibility to do all they can to try to make that road environment as safe as possible and to reduce what we're seeing as an alarming trend, early though it is, an alarming trend in how a road toll is growing. Can you tell us what happened in Nundah? Is it two 16-year-old girls obviously on licence in the car or have done the wrong way? Well, what I can confirm is that there was a serious traffic crash that occurred in Nundah, and that serious traffic crash involved a group of people who were travelling in a vehicle. They came in a collision with another vehicle. Now, the full circumstances of that, including details about the individuals involved, et cetera, will become clearer when our forensic crash people finish the investigation. So it's very early time to talk about causation at this stage and really, in terms of those involved, I'd rather not talk about that just yet. It's still a very fresh incident and it's really not something that we'd like to speculate on at this time. To be ignorant, but there are five people in the car that seem to be in the right. They were heading in their right lane, heading north. Do you know where they were from? We heard that they were Korean people. I'm just wondering if they're Korean nationals or if they're Australian citizens or...? No, I don't have that information. I'm sorry. At this point, you mentioned that high road toll. Often when you see high road toll early in the year, because there's been one particular incident where you might have multiple fatalities, these all seem to be single incidents. How many disappointing road events have there been? Yes, that's true. So far this year, we've had single fatality crashes. Often we see multiple fatality crashes, as you say, and that's tragic. But when you see single fatality crashes, it means that you've got lots more crashes. So effectively, you've got lots more things going wrong out there for people behind the wheel of motorcars. So we really do urge people to think very, very carefully about this. One thing that we do know for certain and that is that fatalities from road crashes or road crashes themselves are things that, in many cases, are unavoidable. This is not the same thing as a person contracting some type of disease that claims a life or some terrible, unforeseen event. Very often, driver behaviour is what leads to crashes and it's crashes that lead to these deaths. So I really do need to emphasise that what we're talking about here is the loss of life on Queensland Roads, but what we're talking about also is, in many cases, an avoidable loss of life on Queensland Roads. This level of misery, this level of sadness that we're seeing now, and it's starting to roll into mid to the end of January, this sort of sadness and misery that we're seeing can be avoided. In many cases, if people simply exercise care and caution, stick to those fatal four and make sure they pay attention and give due regard to the driving that they're doing. Is it time to maybe expand the fatal four and the fatal five to include ignorance or stupidity? You know, there's a few things that are coming up now. I've got to tell you there's a few things that are coming up now, but one of them things that we're starting to see is a rise in traffic accidents, which were traffic crashes which we think are as a result of failing to concentrate, being distracted. So we do urge people at regular intervals and I'd use this as an opportunity to remind people again that mobile phones and motorcars simply don't mix. It's a dangerous combination. In addition to that, you've also got iPods and E-pads and MP3 players and a range of other devices which really are quite portable and therefore quite convenient for people. But unfortunately some people attempted to use those things on the road. So we'd urge people to focus on the driving. That's the most important activity in terms of your own personal safety and the personal safety of those around you that most people will ever undertake in their lives. So it is really important that we focus. What sort of things, when you said before, maybe it's time to question why the message isn't getting through. We have so many ads, billboards, all that sort of stuff. What else can be done? I think that's the big challenge. The Queensland Police Service and our partners in road safety, Department of Transport and main roads and other groups really are genuinely seeking worldwide those messages, those programs, those initiatives that get traction and that can have results in lowering our fatal crashes on the road. And we'll continue to do that. We'll continue to look for those ways of reaching all the demographic, the entire demographic out there that drives motorcars. Some of our ad campaigns obviously for very good reason target certain groups, certain age profiles, certain gender. And that's what we have to keep doing. We have to keep looking for all those messages that will target those specific groups that we see represented in road crashes. And I think that the challenge is for everybody involved in this to maintain their vigilance, to maintain their focus, to maintain their energy in looking forward and developing up initiatives that we know will work. And certainly the Queensland Police Service are very, very committed to that. I'm going to go back to the Bruce Highways and the dangerous road. Could you be one of the things that are going wrong with motorists? People have said to me frequently that, you know, road condition, surely that plays a major part in road crashes. No doubt, you know, one of the many things that we can do is to improve engineering around roads, et cetera. That's a given. We accept that. But the most important part is its driver behaviour. Roads will be rebuilt in time. Roads will become safer in time. We know that. But what we can do today, even when we walk from this room, is drive to the conditions of the road. You know, roads deteriorate. Roads are not always the same, particularly at this time of year when we get flooding. Road damage occurs. Roads become very wet slippery. Vehicles lose traction quickly. There's any number of environmental reasons, including the condition of roads, which people would objectively look at and say, that's quite dangerous. But overwhelmingly, the most dangerous thing is for people to ignore road conditions and drive in a way which completely precludes any likelihood that there could be anything wrong with the road. Last January, there were 17 deaths for the entire month in 2010 with something similar. Can you remember as bad a start to the year as this in recent times? I can't, I can't. But having said that, I would have to go back through the statistics and look and make those comparisons. But what I can tell you is when you see a figure like this, when you see 16 people killed in 19 days of the year, it's a real concern. It's a real worry. Really, it's important that we get on top of this now. I think at the start of the year, it's always a great opportunity for people to do a bit of personal stop taking, a bit of personal thinking. And I think people really do need to just stop now and pause with 16 deaths in 19 days and ask themselves the question, what can I do to improve my own driver behaviour? Can I be a little more patient behind the wheel? Can I resolve to stick to the speed limits? What are the things that anyone of us can actually do to improve their own driver behaviour? Because this type of progress is a terrible thing to see for 2012. If we were to continue at this sort of rate, where would that have us in terms of previous, you know, we'd be talking back in the dark days in the 70s or 80s if we kept at this rate? Well, I mean, if we're talking about, if a trend of almost one a day was to continue, there's your answer. You know, we're going to look at a trend that will well and truly exceed our 2011 and our 2010 totals. You know, we can never predict these things. It's a very inexact science. But so far, this is not shaping up to be a good year. And I think we all need to be very careful and vigilant about this because there are now 16 people no longer with us in Queensland, with us and we're celebrating New Year's Eve with us. Given how you said there's been a terrible time passing in the last 24 hours, how worried are you about Australia Day and the possibility of some people taking that four-day trip somewhere? Well, that's really important. With this next round of public holidays fast approaching, people really do need to think carefully about their driving behaviour then. It's particularly true and noticeable that we see people experience more fatigue, greater fatigue when they're taking longer trips, when they're going away on holidays, et cetera. So we really would urge people to take great care, plan their trip out. Now, everybody tries to squeeze as much out of their holidays as they can, but we would urge people to think carefully about that. Your trip home and your trip there are far more important than any time you might spend away because that's the time at which you're most vulnerable as a road user. So we really would urge people to think ahead, plan their trip and always make sure that they take those breaks every two hours, particularly on those long trips. It's just so important. Fatigue is the sort of factor that you can sneak up on any driver, irrespective of how experienced they are, and of course we know the results can be really quite horrendous.