The Transport Accident Commission will ride shotgun with the Melbourne Comedy Festival Roadshow to promote safety on country roads.
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The campaign comes on the back of figures which reveal country motorists are four times more likely to die on regional roads.
The festival stopped in at Ballarat on Wednesday.
TAC road safety manager Samantha Buckis said the road show was a reminder to country drivers to take responsibility on the roads.
“Too many country people are killed on country roads so we really need to highlight the choices people can make to keep themselves and the people they care about safe,” Ms Buckis said.
“By partnering with the comedy road show we can drive community support and responsibility for the Towards Zero vision of zero deaths and serious injuries on our roads,” she said.
A team of TAC representatives are present at each event, helping audiences get home safely with free breath tests before they leave.