The Traffic and Highway Patrol (THP) has come together with the Department of Education to offer a sticker design competition which aims to get young people thinking about their own behaviours when it comes to road safety, encouraging them to ask themselves; “Do I remain alert at all times or do I allow myself to be distracted by electronic devices that take my eyes and ears off the road? Do I make eye contact with drivers as they approach to make sure they see me or do I ‘assume’ that they’ve seen me before stepping onto the road?”
Inspector Tina Davies, THP Georges River said the competition will not only challenge the creative minds of our young people, but generate discussion with their parents, grandparents, relatives and friends.
“It would be great to see one of the entries come up with a ‘catch phrase’ around road safety that we can use for awareness campaigns in the future,” she said.
So far this year there have been 101 fatal crashes, resulting in 110 deaths. Of these, 16 were pedestrians which represented 14.5 per cent of all deaths.
“The adverse ripple effect of road trauma is far reaching, impacting not only upon those directly involved, but their loved ones, carers, friends, first responders and medical staff,” Insp Davies said
Students are invited to design a road safety message and image that can be placed on a banner style sticker – with the prize being a print run of stickers to be distributed throughout schools, merchandise from Traffic and Highway Patrol, a visit to the winner’s school from Traffic and Highway Patrol and Charlie the Penguin, a copy of the 100 Years Police Legacy and feature article in the NSW Police Monthly (internal) publication.
Competition closes May 28.
Students help drive new road safety campaign
PRIMARY school students are being invited to help spread the road safety message by designing a sticker for the NSW police – with the chance to win a great prize.