Media releases

Today marks 90 years since two road patrols – HV Mason and RL Stockbridge – equipped with a motorcycle side car and wearing a brand new khaki and blue uniforms, began RAC Roadside Assistance.

RAC will today join motoring clubs across Australia to launch a national campaign to keep the country moving.

This year’s State Budget has confirmed the urgent need for a transport plan to be released to guide infrastructure priorities, manage congestion, invest in regional transport and roads, and deliver more mobility options for Western Australians.

RAC’s Community Education team is heading to WA’s South West next week to educate students and young drivers about staying safe on the roads.

The 2016 Federal Budget has continued to fund important projects already in motion, but has not delivered the ‘game changers’ or innovation required to halt Western Australia’s march to becoming the most congested State in the nation.

With more than $141 million sitting unspent in the Road Trauma Trust Account, RAC is calling on local Members of Parliament to urgently plan and deliver improvements for road safety in the Wheatbelt.

RAC's Community Education team and the Elephant in the Wheatbelt are visiting the Wheatbelt next week to educate students and young drivers about staying safe on the roads.

This year’s State Budget must include funding for essential projects and programs to make it safer, easier and more sustainable for Western Australians to move around their State.

Today RAC launched the next stage of its five year campaign – #ItsMyElephant – encouraging the community to change the Wheatbelt’s unacceptable road safety record.

RAC is urging Western Australians to take extra security precautions if they are heading away this Easter, with an 11 per cent increase in home contents theft claims so far this financial year.