Hero of the Roads

Invercargill’s Sergeant Geoff Sutherland is a hero - official. On 7 May Geoff presented with the 2026 Yellow Ribbon Professional Road Safety Hero Award at the Australian College of Road Safety ‘Road Safety Conversations’ event in Auckland.  The award is from the Yellow Ribbon Road Safety Alliance, which since 2022 has sought to acknowledge the work of outstanding individuals doing all they can to keep our roads safe.

Geoff’s boundless efforts to promote road safety have manifested in a number of ways, and through a number of initiatives in the deep south.  In the early 2000s he was heavily involved in delivering ‘The Ripple Effect’ nationwide road safety roadshow to southern secondary schools, highlighting the repercussions of dangerous driving to younger motorists. At the other end of the age spectrum, Geoff was also instrumental in bringing the ‘Staying Safe – Mature Drivers’ education programme to motorists in their twilight years.

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