Queensland Road Trauma Unit & Grief Care Unit

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Queensland Road Trauma Unit & Grief Care Unit The Queensland Road trauma & grief care unit is a Free 24/7 days a week service to All we offer the e

Hi All Sorry I have been off my page for awhile now as I run the unit solo I am at times caught up looking after so many...
24/10/2024

Hi All

Sorry I have been off my page for awhile now as I run the unit solo I am at times caught up looking after so many people that need my services. My service has been in operation since 1996 as NSW Road Trauma and Grief care unit, people still call me out of New South Wales very regularly because I still have the same phone number all these years, As well now I have the QLD Road Trauma and Grief care unit since 1999.

this service is absolutely free 24 hours a day seven days a week? Visits or just by telephone.

I am constantly called upon early hours in the morning and late at night for the people that need Me in the quiet hours. Someone to talk to.

My visits have ranged since living in Queensland right up to Mackay, Townsville, Brisbane, and local,

 there is no forms to fill out now qualifying to get an appointment. If you’ve lost a loved one a friend of relative or any family member. I’m just a phone call away.

You might ask what my experiences I have two certificates in counselling plus I’ve lost my own Son in 1994 age five years of age to a Road Death.

And it’s all the mistakes that were made and all the appointments that I couldn’t get in the help that no one offered to my wife and my other kids so I realise my services were needed i’m a service when you call me. I’m here to support you. I don’t tell you. You have to call me back and wait in line or fill out these forms.

I am A Free 24/7 support service 365 days a year.

Feel free to call me if you’re life has been impacted by an injured Friend family member or a passing of a friend of a family member.

Russell Smulders founder New South Wales/Queensland Road trauma grief care unit

15/05/2023

Good afternoon All,

You might say it’s been a while and it has sorry, when I started this service up in this end of Queensland.I was thinking here in there causes counselling but I have truly been run off my feet, I have even taken on a part-time job 1 to 2 days a week at a petrol station to cover my cost of visiting family members, friends and loved ones that have been lost in motor vehicle accidents seriously injured, or people that have witnessed or have been affected by a motor vehicle accidents.

 i’m actually lost for words deeply on the high rise of deaths in this part of Queensland since moving here in 2017, the road road toll continues to rise each year, the amount of people that have been killed, and seriously injured is unbelievable, I have had my work load tripled in the last three years run off my feet.

I would like to point out a couple of things in the area of policing highway patrols policing after hours the lack of speed cameras on the Fraser Coast on the high speed limit areas and the lack of highway patrols unmarked or marked, I might make 7 to 10 trips a week to Harvey Bay and see one or no police cars. The only things I might see on one out of seven trips is a mobile speed camera car sitting on the side of the road and people get flashed to say that is coming up.

I’m not saying that all these accidents could’ve been prevented but having police on our roads, policing speed limits, unregistered vehicles the unlicensed drivers, drivers that choose to drink and drive, the Fraser Coast Maryborough, Harvey Bay, Childers even to Gympie. There is not enough patrolling enforcement of speed limits as well unlicensed drivers registered vehicles and people who choose to drink and drive. For example, I was pulled over by an RBT in tiro the other day on a RBT unit I pulled out my license and the officer said that’s not needed. Yes it was good to see that they’re doing a job checking for drink drivers but what about the drivers that don’t have a license or a registered motor vehicle that is absolutely ridiculous that these checks do not get performed on a daily basis to make our roads safer.

I’m in no way telling the police how to do their job  Maryborough and Harvey Bay has a population of hitting 100,000 people, so that’s gotta be 360,000+ private vehicles on the road and at least 25% of the vehicles would be unregistered, uninsured, and for people that don’t have a license, my Guess it would be in the high range the same area.

It’s time that policing is stepped up in the Widebay Burnett Gympie in the Childers areas there is not enough police on the roads covering the safety of road users on the Bruce Highway in around the areas that I’ve mentioned in this email. It’s heartbreaking and I asked questions why the road toll is spiking in Queensland. The answer is in in the face of the Queensland government, the Queensland councils, the main roads Department and people in force the rules more has to be done for road user safety.

I moved from Sydney heart of Parramatta in 2017 and I have to be honest with you. It doesn’t matter if I travel from Parramatta to Westmead to Northmead to Smithfield to Rouse Hill to Blacktown towards Sydney city at self. It doesn’t matter the hour I would pass on each trip no less than five different police cars and police motorcycles Doing their jobs .

on road safety got to a point that enough is enough. Action has to be taken on the Queensland government has to supply better policing  for the areas that I have mentioned it just breaks one’s heart that the road toll, for myself to see the lack of police presence on the road is so disappointing after hours traffic never stops. The road is constantly use 24 hours seven days a week the only way to help curve the road toll in a lot of cases is police presence on our roads.

So for 28 years as a veteran as a Road trauma counsellor  an advocate for Road safety. It’s time that we need to take action and stand up for the innocent people that have lost their lives and have been injured, for the family members loved ones friends, workmates it’s time to grow a voice on road safety any issues with policing on road safety in the Widebay area and surrounding areas.

I look forward to your support any action or communications that I have with the Queensland government, Queensland, police commissioners office and Fraser Coast Council and the main roads Department. It’s time for action now not later .

Thank you for your time

Founder of the Queensland road, trauma and grief care unit  active since 1996 NSW &QLD

Rusell

18/05/2022

Good morning All

Sorry I have been off line for some time I have been run off my feet local and up North Queensland and in to Brisbane a number of times so I have not added any post or up dates.

It’s Road safety week it’s good to see that people talk about this be it local government or state government in my area the honourable Bruce Saunders put a post up good to see Bruce.

Road safety week is a chance to high light the issues we have on Queensland roads and to get a clear massage out there for all road users be it drivers or pedestrians.

We as people use the roads 24/7 365 days of the year to go to work or just get from A to B for family friends party’s or going on holidays, but their is a lot more to it than that we need to look out for each other and others using the Roads 24/7 it’s not you that always causes the accidents it’s the third party the one we where not looking out for not keeping an eye on that can turn your life up side down in some cases forever.

Yes accidents some times can’t be avoided and you don’t see coming I understand that I truly first hand know this to be fact that’s why I do what I do today.

But we as parents mothers fathers grandfather grandmother friends work mates have a responsibility to our family and friends to support and guild others to a better understanding of using our roads beach’s off track bush farm trails.

If you or a friend are thinking about drink and driving say No to being a driver it’s just that easy if you as a driver don’t make the right choice it’s often works out bad for so many people be it family work mates or just friends it’s life changing for so many people if you make that mistake, you as a passenger can say No or just don’t get in that motor vehicle the choice is always yours but the right choice to say No is a choice of living a life.

This all so gos for speeding drivers you as a passenger have a voice to say No stop 🛑 I want to get out and you as a person make a real life choice to live.

Yes we where all young once and we all make mistakes I have on one or more times in my life on our Roads of Australia 🇦🇺 but getting a good rest a good night sleep No driving while tired and being fully alert can at most time’s make or journey on our state Roads a safer place for all.

We as drivers from the age of 17 and on have a responsibility to ourselves and all others on the Roads 24/7 365 days a year.

All so we as drivers have so many choice’s if we can’t drive their are so many servers out there today to help one get to A or B it’s the twenty first century.

Please be safe on the Roads the roads are for all to use be patient give way when u see bad driving and stay safe on our roads.

One road safety tip if you are at a red light or going over Intersection look right and left to be safe to see it’s clear this helps to void accidents.

Thank you for your time

Russell for Queensland Road trauma unit

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Maryborough, QLD
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