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Liz Box

Liz Box

Dr Elizabeth Box, road safety researcher and transport psychologist, formerly Research Director at the RAC Foundation, now runs ECM Research Solutions consultancy.

Oct 1, 2026

9:42
Am I right?
Liz Box
Liz BoxGUEST
9:43
Yes, yeah, that's the right acronym.
Liz Box
Liz BoxGUEST
9:45
I mean, they set up a new center, the National Race Policing Coordination Center at the moment, through the DFT, which has got very similar acronym as well.
Liz Box
Liz BoxGUEST
9:55
So there's plenty of them out there.
Liz Box
Liz BoxGUEST
9:57
Oh, but yeah, so just in news this week, just wanted to cover, and people might have seen in the news that the MPCC, they run, as Ollie will know also well, operation spotlights on different topics throughout the year to really try and galvanized communication and enforcement at the same time.
Liz Box
Liz BoxGUEST
10:14
And so the current one is focusing on young driver safety.
Liz Box
Liz BoxGUEST
10:17
So they put out a press release earlier in the week and particularly talking about some new data analysis that the team at Agilisys had put together.

24 MINS LATER

34:17
Liz, what took your eye with this? What caught your attention?
38:32
So I think it's a combination of the two.
Liz Box
Liz BoxGUEST
38:34
Yeah, I think you're right, Terri, and as you say, a lot of people are doing much more of this now, but I think it's interesting when you said that list of things, it kind of relates not just to driving, but just kind of what excellent learners should be in any field, doesn't it? If you're curious and reflective about what you're doing, open to feedback is the key one.
Liz Box
Liz BoxGUEST
38:52
And I think we all have to learn how to be good at being open to feedback and being a bit more self-aware about what we're doing and growth orientated, as you say.
Liz Box
Liz BoxGUEST
39:01
It's interesting that none of these things are really driving skills.
Liz Box
Liz BoxGUEST
39:04
They're like human skills, aren't they? And if we had, you know, employees or students or athletes or leaders, we'd kind of have the same list of things in there that we'd kind of want to see in driving, I suppose.
Liz Box
Liz BoxGUEST
39:15
So.
Liz Box
Liz BoxGUEST
39:16
So yeah, as you say, it's not just about how can we get them to pass the test and drive legally, but you know, that you can still do those things, but you can still lack good judgment.

5 MINS LATER

44:31
Whether that's a driving thing, whether it's a conversation, whether it's a road safety aspect, you know, maybe there's even a space on a road safety podcast somewhere that could start off with something like this, talking, what have we seen that's positive this week? So I don't know whether there's space for that somewhere, do you think?

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