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Confirm if a Safe Journey Plan is required before starting the journey.

Discuss the Safe Journey Plan with the Journey Manager. Understand the Safe Journey Plan before starting the journey. Vehicles must meet the Safe Journey Plan requirements, and as a

driver you must inspect the vehicle prior to departure. Comply with the duty, driving and rest hours specified in the Safe

Journey Plan. Follow the route specified in the Safe Journey Plan. Always tell the Journey Manager immediately if changes occur.

To ensure compliance with this rule you should as a driver:

A Safe Journey Management Plan is a plan to help you as a Driver travel safely and to organise help if you get into trouble or have an accident.  It can only do this if you comply with it.

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Check that the Safe Journey Plan is in place and being followed. Ensure that the driver understands and complies with the Safe Journey Plan and verify compliance before authorizing the journey.

If you are the Journey Manager you should routinely:

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• In August 2008, a driver took the decision to ignore his safe journey plan from Muscat to a rig site. After visiting the rig, instead of stopping at the rig camp he continued on at night and drove from Burhan to Lekhwair. He rolled the vehicle 41 km before Lekhwair and was thrown from the vehicle. He was not reported missing and he died in the desert alone. He was not found until the next morning by a passing driver.

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Incident

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• Pose Question to your group• Allow 5 minutes for discussion on each Question• Summarize what you have heard before moving to the

next Question• Split big groups up into smaller discussion teams• Take your time• Encourage everyone to take part• Look for real examples from your own workplace• Find and use real examples of incidents related to this rule

from your site• Link the discussion to real work on site involving the

people in the tool box talk

Supervisor Tips

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a) To allow PDO to monitor staff movement profiles.

b) To provide support to drivers if they need help.

c) To encourage compliance with rest stops and speeds.

d) To ensure the driver, vehicle and load are safe and the journey is necessary.

What is the aim of a Safe Journey Plan?

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a) Continue on but only if you can still reach the final destination in time.

b) Only make a note of the change on your journey plan so there is a record when you complete the journey.

c) Stop in a safe place and inform the journey manager.

d) Stop and inform the people at your destination.

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What do you do if you change your route?