Adopt a Cop Senior Constable Paul Nash was invited to assist parents and students navigate the new drop-off and pick-up zone at St Patrick’s Catholic Primary School.
This is a positive change for the school community, promotes a safe environment for children and helps to keep the flow of traffic moving.
The children pictured above can teach everyone some safety tips:
- Designate the rear door closest to the kerb to be a safety door for children to enter or exit
- Use the drop-off and pick-up zones like a quick moving taxi rank
- Learn to recognise your vehicle and to get in and out quickly and safely when the vehicle has pulled into the signed area.
Parking safely around schools is what the majority of parents and carers do, although if you’re rushed and not focused, you may park contrary to road markings or signage.
This behaviour may result in a traffic crash, reduced visibility for other road users and cause traffic congestion.
We also need to remember that children are unpredictable and may not understand the dangers associated with roads and vehicles.
The yellow line pictured below is an area NOT to park or stop.
Failing to obey this can result in a $48 Traffic Infringement Notice for Stop contrary to continuous yellow edge line.
The sign below says it all – NO stopping
Failure to obey this can result in a $48 Traffic Infringement Notice for Stop contrary to ‘NO STOPPING’ sign.
Some additional tips from our colleagues at Transport and Main Roads are:
- Remember to say goodbye to your children on the school side of the road – never get them to cross the road alone to their school entrance
- Walk across the road and meet your children after school – never call out to them from the other side
- Always single park.
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