In Australia, one child every week is run over in the driveway of their own home. Children are vulnerable around traffic, with those most at risk of injury being aged from five to nine years. This is often because they are given more opportunities to cross roads on their own. As adults, we take for […]
General Children’s and Roadside Safety
A Parent’s Guide to Kidsafe Roads
Here’s a useful link to the Guide to Safety on the Roads for kids and parents, produced by the Child Accident Prevention Foundation of Australia.
Camera catches distracted drivers
Distracted….?
MOBILE PHONES DRIVING PEDESTRIANS TO DISTRACTION, AND DANGER This poster was developed in 2016 and is a joint initiative of ten Northern Sydney Councils, including Hornsby, Ku-ring-gai, Lane Cove, Manly, Mosman, North Sydney, Pittwater, Ryde, Warringah and Willoughby, in conjunction with Roads & Maritime Services. Distracted_mr_2016 Local councils are working together in a bid to make […]
North Sydney Council has decided to ‘knock out speeding’ on local roads with the help of a quirky new campaign featuring muscle-bound cartoon men. You can’t miss it. And the message? Slow Down!
North Sydney Council in collaboration with Lane Cove & Willoughby Councils has launched ‘It’s Local. It’s 50!’ Speed Campaign, once again, and this year we are asking drivers if they are ‘strong enough to drop & give us fifty’. Statistics from all three Council areas shows a disturbing number of crashes on roads, including a high number […]
Bright Children
I’ve been driving around Sydney’s roads for a long time. In more recent years, I’ve noticed that almost all adults, if they have jobs involving being on or near roads, will wear a bright yellow/orange T-shirt, Vest or other garment to warn motorists of their presence. From road workers to truck drivers, delivery men, Telstra […]