With school starting next week, parents are being asked to start preparing their children with road safety tips.
“It’s the ideal time for parents to review the rules of the road with their children and take the time to go over their daily route with them,” said Todd Stone, BC’s minister of transportation and infrastructure. “Everyone should plan ahead for the return of the school season because the roads will be much busier, so remember to leave earlier to avoid rushing, stay focused on the road and use extra caution, especially around school zones.”
According to statistics from the Insurance Company of BC (ICBC), between 2007 and 2011 an average of 30 children aged five to 18 were killed and 5,100 injured in the province.
John Dickinson is ICBC’s director of road safety and he is “encouraging parents to start talking to their children now about using extra caution when the school season begins. Even older children should be reminded to remove earbuds and headphones when walking and always make eye contact with drivers.”
Powell River RCMP are reminding drivers that they will start monitoring and enforcing the 30-kilometre speed limit in school zones starting Tuesday, September 3.
