Brake Road Safety Week
Officers from Police Scotland will be working hard to keep vulnerable road users safe by supporting the national Brake Road Safety Week, starting today Monday (November 23, 2015).
The campaign aims to make roads safer, especially for people on foot and bike, which matches Police Scotland’s Vulnerable Road Users Campaign aims of reducing the number of casualties resulting from road collisions and to improve road user behaviour.
Throughout the week, officers will be interacting with vulnerable road users such as pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists, and also with drivers, in order to raise awareness through education and enforcement
Police Officers will actively participate in the initiative and will take every opportunity to interact with all road users, particularly vulnerable groups as to the inherent dangers associated with this group and, where appropriate, enforce legislation.
Inspector Neil Hewitson from the Roads Policing Unit in Dumfries and Galloway said: “Pedestrians, especially the young and the elderly, are particularly at risk, and we want to make drivers think about how their actions, carelessness or inattention may impact these vulnerable groups.
“Locally, we will be looking out for drivers whose behaviour falls short of the Highway Code, and are breaking the law, such as by using mobile phones or other devices. Those who are speeding, driving carelessly or who are not following the law on the use of seatbelts can expect to be pulled over and given advice, or if appropriate, to be given a fixed penalty ticket or reported to the Procurator Fiscal.
“The roads of Scotland are used in a myriad of ways by differing groups of people, and each has its own needs, risks and vulnerabilities. We all share the same roads, and it is therefore vitally important we all further develop our understanding of what these risks and vulnerabilities are if we are to maintain respect for each other, and to use the roads safely.”
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