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In the case of medical emergency people can be required to transport the patient long distances or shortdistances to the clinic, as the clinic is not equipped with a stand-by vehicle and has a vehicle on the road to AliceSprings on a daily basis.Driving instruction at Ntaria is via the police station. Until recent times the police station has been avoided atall costs.Police are available to give people learner driving tests when they are not out of the station on other business;therefore appointment times are not always kept.Requests for a local driving instructor have not been implemented; rather, the Shire runs training specific to itsemployees, and their specialist equipment.From these trends some significant questions arose about how access to resources might create opportunity forbetter choices to be made relating to road safety. A second cycle of research was planned to incorporate focusgroups and photo elicitation to closely examine what people do and how they try to maintain their vehicles for safetransport.4.3.7 Recommendations from Action Cycle OneCommunity Researchers presented the survey findings to Wurla Nyinta on 2 June 2011 with the followingrecommendations:Investigating how a local driving school at Ntaria might be progressedThe driver rehabilitation program delivered in Alice Springs be run at NtariaBroad community discussion about the relationship between vehicle maintenance, driver attitudes and safedriving at Ntaria.Wurla Nyinta supported the researchers’ request to progress with a second cycle of research to gauge attitudes towardsvehicle maintenance, driver attitudes and safe driving at the meeting.According to the LIP, the recommendations for local driving school and delivery of driver rehabilitation training atNtaria fall under the management of several agencies, so a coordinated delivery model is required if the futureestablishment of a local driving school is to be realised.Strengthening Research in Remote Service Delivery at Ntaria researchers decided to pursue this topic for a second cycleof research, as there was more to be explored in considering the results, the trends from those and the context of theenvironment in which people manage their mobility. In undertaking a second action cycle further recommendationswould be put forward that might contribute to influencing service delivery.Community researchers held two meetings with local police about the survey, its finding and the plan for the focusgroups. One outcome was to request specific data from police that could contribute to the research team’s knowledgeand understanding of facts surrounding driving accidents and charges incurred by Ntaria residents. The police werevery willing to contribute.Final Report: Strengthening Community Research in Remote Service Delivery at Ntaria 41