Safe y Review
By Ruth Nelson
Footpath and Driveway Safety
It’s spring and that means we are getting outside
and more active: mum’s and carers with prams,
toddlers and littlies with trikes, scooters and
bikes. It’s a good time for a healthy reminder
about driveway safety both on your own property
and also out and about on the footpaths.
In the Pt Chevalier November 2012 newsletter we updated our community on the
rising incidences of cars exiting driveways with some very scary near misses and in some
cases hitting prams. So please be vigilant when out ‘hitting the pavements’ and teach your kids to
be watchful. Mum’s use your ears and your eyes so be careful about walking or running with your
headphones on too.
In Auckland City area we have high density housing and lots of “sneaky driveways” so teach your
kids about listening out for cars and watching for cars coming out of long driveways, especially those
with zero visibility for the driver and from the footpath. We have lots of the stickers above available
at your local Plunket clinics to put on your rubbish bins so we can use these
as viral advertising reminders each rubbish day.
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person and got a toot and a thank-you. So if you are out with
your pram, take a couple of shopping bags and pickup some
rubbish off the footpath as you go to “Be a tidy kiwi”.
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