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IDEAS FOR GOOD PRACTICE SHARE THE ROADS PROJECTS

This resource provides advice to assist with setting up a share the road education project. The following four issues were chosen as they are four of the most common issues related to sharing the road:

• Speed – speed of traffic around pedestrians and pedestrians checking for gaps before stepping out.
• Give way – pedestrians crossing the road appropriately and drivers giving way to pedestrians appropriately.
• Driveways – drivers checking for children in driveways before setting off and road users taking care when crossing driveways.
• Cyclist courtesy – drivers being courteous to cyclists, indicating and respecting cycle lanes, and cyclists riding defensively and obeying road rules.

Each of these issues has two parts, one aimed at drivers, the other at pedestrians or cyclists. It may be possible to combine these two strands in one balanced project. This has been done in several share the road resources from overseas such as the Queensland project which targets cyclists and drivers. However, each strand has different target groups so it might be more effective to treat them as two separate projects.

It is important to identify your target group before you start. The resources you might develop to target older pedestrians will be very different from those you develop to target school students. A project for drivers under 30 may use different forms of media than a project for older drivers.

More... http://www.landtransport.govt.nz/road-user-safety/walking-and-cycling/share-the-road/good-practice.html

More... http://www.landtransport.govt.nz/road-user-safety/walking-and-cycling/

ONLINE COMMUNITY ROADWATCH REPORT

An initiative of the New Zealand Police

"The Community Roadwatch programme has been designed for use by New Zealand Police to advise the owner of a motor vehicle about the unsafe or risky driving behaviour you have observed and reported where you do not wish the offender to be prosecuted. The Police will regard your report as confidential; in accordance with the provisions of the law as it relates to privacy and disclosure of information.

If you wish the incident to be investigated with a view to charges being laid in Court you must lodge a formal complaint with your nearest police station.

You can also download the Community Roadwatch form [in PDF format] and print it to use when you are away from your computer..."

More... http://www.police.govt.nz/service/road/roadwatch.html

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