ROAD SAFETY

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 127, 25 November 1938, Page 6

ROAD SAFETY

NATIONAL CAMPAIGN

LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS

Preliminary arrangements for Wel* lington's participation in the campaign for road safety from December 4 to 10 were made yesterday afternoon by the committee set up to co-operate with the Transport Department. The week will be opened with a procession of vehicles bearing road-safety slogans and during the week every effort will be made to draw the attention of the general public to road safety measures.

The report of the education .subcommittee was presented by Mr.^ W. I. Deavoll. It recommended that during road safety week traffic officers should be asked to visit as many schools as possible to give short talks and practical demonstrations of crossing streets and intersections, that teachers and headmasters should emphasise road safety precautions, that prominence should be given to road safety in English lessons, that children should be encouraged to design road-safety posters as art work, and that arrangements should be made, to distribute bicycle mudguard transfers, "I ride safely."

The chairman, Mr. M. F. Luckie, moved the adoption of the report and this was agreed to.

Mr. J. A. Ball said that circulars should be sent to the clergy as quickly as possible so that they could prepare to assist the campaign from their pulpits.

Mr. A. F. T. Chorlton, jun., said that the Transport Department would supply leaflets if the committee would arrange to have them distributed to shops so that they could be placed in parcels as they were wrapped for customers, The Department would also supply road-safety strips for lorries and cars. He suggested that all milk lorries could carry these. Posters for tramcars would also be supplied.

Mr. Luckie said the committee should approach the heads of Corporation departments and get them to co-operate in the display of posters and slogans on all Corporation vehicles.

This Was approved.

Mr. W. A. Sutherland moved that a procession of vehicles should take place on Monday, December 4, assembling at noon in Waterloo Quay and passing through Bunny Street, Lambton Quay, Willis Street, Manners Street, and Courtenay Place to disperse at the Boat Harbour, Oriental Bay. He also suggested a procession of Boy Scouts on bicycles on an evening during the week. This was agreed to.

It was also agreed that an advertisement should be inserted in the Press inviting the owners of private vehicles to take part in the procession and assist in bringing forward the principle of "safety first."

Mr. I*. X JPattrick said he would arrange for the Chamber of Commerce to urge? the commercial community to co-operate in distributing leaflets.

It was also decided that the milk department of the City Council should be asked to distribute leaflets, and both the national and commercial radio stations offered their co-operation.