Royal Automobile Club of Western Australia
| Motto | For the better |
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| Formation | 1905 |
| Type | Roadside assistance, Insurance, Travel, Finance |
| Headquarters | Wellington Street, West Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
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Membership
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900,000 |
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President
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Tony Evans |
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Key people
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Terry Agnew, Chief Executive Officer |
| Website | www.rac.com.au |
The Royal Automobile Club of Western Australia (RAC WA) is a motoring club and mutual organisation, offering motoring services and advice, insurance, travel services, finance, driver training and exclusive benefits for their members. As the independent voice for road users in WA, RAC is concerned with all aspects of road and community safety.
The RAC Group comprises the Royal Automobile Club of WA (Incorporated), RAC Insurance Pty Limited, RAC Travel Services Pty Ltd, RAC Finance Ltd and RAC Security Services Pty Ltd.
1905: The Automobile Club of WA starts signposting roads and creating maps of the state for motorists and the Club encourages local authorities to improve road surfaces and push for lower city-driving speeds.
1911: The first road map detailing WA’s South West is created by the Club.
1918: The Club lobbies government for uniform traffic regulations, such as drivers needing a licence, drivers to keep to the left and that all vehicles have brakes.
1919: The new Traffic Act becomes law. The Club pushes for a Main Roads Board to oversee and maintain major carriageways and a plan for new roads.
1920: The giant karri trees of southern WA are guaranteed preservation after the Club successfully campaigns to have an area each side of the Nannup-Warren road declared a national park.
1922: The Automobile Club of WA is given permission to use the word Royal, becoming the Royal Automobile Club of WA, or RAC.
1926: The RAC Roadside Assistance Patrol, begins in Perth, expanding to Northam and Bunbury in 1928.
1927: RAC successfully lobby the government to abolish a toll to enter Kings Park.
1928: RAC’s Touring Department is formed.
1930: RAC sides with the WA Safety First Council to pressure the State Government to fix several dangerous Perth intersections.
1932: RAC campaigns to make stealing or unlawful use of a motor car a criminal offence.
1940: RAC initiates the National Safety Council to give Australian motoring clubs a national voice.
1945: RAC campaigns to either reduce the federal tax on petrol or allocate greater funds to WA for road improvements.
1947: RAC Insurance Pty Ltd commences operations.
1957: Road Service is extended to 24 hours.
1970: RAC advocates for the compulsory installation of Motor Vehicle Standards approved seatbelts.
1973: With seatbelts in new cars now compulsory, RAC seeks legislation banning the sale of non-approved seatbelts and child restraints.
1975: RAC hands over the maintenance of its directional signposting program to local authorities.
1978: Begins the push for drink-driving reform by releasing RAC research linking many fatal automobile accidents to drinking.
1980: RAC pushes for $400 million of taxes from the crude oil levy to be spent on roads.
1983: RAC is appointed to monitor emergency telephones on Kwinana and Mitchell freeways.
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