Totally Travel - THINK!
Today in our Totally Travel Committee, we looked at how we could get friends and parents to "THINK!" about Road Safety.
We watched two short road safety videos - you've probably seen them :
- A man is driving his car to work in the morning and he arrives at a junction. He looks right and then he looks left and he doesn't look right again. He pulls out, but there is a motorbike which smashes into his car. We decided this could happen to a normal pedal bicycle. The message is "Take longer to look for bikes!"
- There is a group of teenagers who are messing about on their mobile phones. One of them walks into the road without looking or listening carefully. A car crashes into him and he is very badly injured. The message is that "55 teenagers are hurt every week because they are not paying attention." We decided this might also happen if you were listening to your iPod.
We made comic strips which told the story of the videos which we can put on the newsletter for parents - Watch out for them!
We also went out onto Sandpiper Road and looked at all the danger points. We found lots:
- No pavement at the end of Sandpiper Road
- You can't see round the bend and the cars come fast
- There is a T-junction at Woburn Road and you can't see round the corner
- There are lots of of cars parked, especially at home time
- There is a vehicle entrance to the Community Centre
We also found lots of safety points:
- There are Zigzags to stop cars parking
- There is a "20 is Plenty sign"
- There is space for a lollipop lady
- There is a triangular School Sign
- There are model children to remind drivers that children might cross
- There are yellow barriers
- There is a disabled space
- There is "Pedestrians Only" sign
Next time, we are going to remember these and mark them on an aerial photo. You could try to spot them on the photo below... (You can move around on the map and zoom in...)
Remember to take care around the school, especially on the roads!
by the Totally Travel Team!
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