Reminders

SCHOOL CROSSINGS

A message from School Crossing Program City of Greater Bendigo.

With the commencement of Term 2, our service would like to remind the school community to ensure that school parents are adhering to speed limits and safe parking during school drop off and pick up times.

Our school crossing supervisors continue to report concerning driving behaviour and illegal parking being performed by parents and carers around schools during these peak periods. The message our service continues to promote is that 'Road safety is everyones responsibility'. This is particularly important around primary schools. The driving behaviours children witness today will shape their driving habits in the future. Setting the right example is crucial.

Two of the primary schools in the City of Greater Bendigo area have recently had their school crossings upgraded to a wombat pedestrian crossing. This is an excellent improvement to pedestrian safety, as pedestrians have right of way when crossing these sites at all times. 

While we are not aware of any further crossing upgrades, it is important to advise all schools that if a crossing upgrade to a wombat or zebra crossing does occur then a school crossing supervisor would no longer be allocated to that site.

Crossing supervisors have no authority to stop traffic on a wombat or zebra crossing.

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