Have you seen any decent road safety initiatives?

Have you seen any decent road safety initiatives?

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un1corn

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2,143 posts

136 months

Monday 15th August 2016
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I'm just putting a feeler out for any decent road safety/casualty reduction ideas that have been carried out by Police?

Something pro-active, but aside from the usual "set up a checkpoint, nab as many as possible".

The only thing I can think of is getting school kids to tell motorists off for speeding outside a primary school.


ging84

8,829 posts

145 months

Monday 15th August 2016
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did making abs mandatory on new cars count as a road safety initiative ?

ED209

5,740 posts

243 months

Monday 15th August 2016
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Google - operation dragoon northumbria police.

Rovinghawk

13,300 posts

157 months

Monday 15th August 2016
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un1corn said:
any decent road safety/casualty reduction ideas

The only thing I can think of is getting school kids to tell motorists off for speeding outside a primary school.
A crappy gimmick.

55palfers

5,893 posts

163 months

Monday 15th August 2016
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Recently?

No.

Lots of stupid speed humps, mini roundabouts, chicanes and other pointless measures put in by my local council who think money grows on trees.

pim

2,344 posts

123 months

Monday 15th August 2016
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Our council is keen on bus lanes.

One of the lanes is pocketing halve million quid a year in fines.Nice one.

Of course it's all the car drivers fault take a bus.

Impasse

15,099 posts

240 months

Monday 15th August 2016
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The Green Cross Code man was one of the better ones. Stuff like that isn't around these days much the pity.

anonymous-user

53 months

Monday 15th August 2016
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Blakewater

4,303 posts

156 months

Tuesday 16th August 2016
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un1corn said:
I'm just putting a feeler out for any decent road safety/casualty reduction ideas that have been carried out by Police?

Something pro-active, but aside from the usual "set up a checkpoint, nab as many as possible".

The only thing I can think of is getting school kids to tell motorists off for speeding outside a primary school.
Listening to a child repeating what he's been told to say but doesn't really understand isn't particularly helpful.

I've seen a couple of schools taking children out on quiet residential roads teaching them cycling safety. They've been doing it round where I live in the last few weeks.

When I was at school we had PC Chadwick teach us about road safety and the Green Cross Code, as well as Say No To Drugs and stranger danger and so on. I don't know if that's done now because often children seem to be encouraged to jump in front of cars waving cardboard 20mph signs.

caelite

4,273 posts

111 months

Tuesday 16th August 2016
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I cant for the life of me remember what it was called but the proactive police bike riding safety scheme where a pro police rider takes a group of bikers out and critiques there riding habits.

Seemed like a good scheme, apparently police on the scheme where mostly accepting of motorcyclists only loosely following the law.

tapereel

1,860 posts

115 months

Tuesday 16th August 2016
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caelite said:
I cant for the life of me remember what it was called but the proactive police bike riding safety scheme where a pro police rider takes a group of bikers out and critiques there riding habits.

Seemed like a good scheme, apparently police on the scheme where mostly accepting of motorcyclists only loosely following the law.
http://www.bikesafe.co.uk

I've been on a few of these and I don't recall the police instructors "...accepting of motorcyclists only loosely following the law".

Type R Tom

3,859 posts

148 months

Tuesday 16th August 2016
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Exchanging places - scares the crap out of most cyclists (if only temporarily).

Dixy

2,913 posts

204 months

Tuesday 16th August 2016
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Start when they are young, 17 to 25s need the help and this initiative is outstandingly proactive.
https://www.gloucestershire-pcc.gov.uk/latest-news...

Moonhawk

10,730 posts

218 months

Tuesday 16th August 2016
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55palfers said:
Recently?

No.

Lots of stupid speed humps, mini roundabouts, chicanes and other pointless measures put in by my local council who think money grows on trees.
They'd reduce casualties more IMO by cutting hedges around junctions etc - aiding visibility.......but this wouldn't prevent evil speeding drivers.

The highway code should be on the national curriculum. Making more people aware that the highway code doesnt just apply to drivers would help.

Jasandjules

69,825 posts

228 months

Tuesday 16th August 2016
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Our police invest heavily in speed cameras hidden around corners etc. I am sure this massively increases safety...............................

Apart from that, our council enjoy putting little cambers in the road before roundabouts, so that in heavy rain when you try to brake in a TVR you start to slide - another huge improvement to road safety, reduce contact between the tyre and road in a braking zone......


jith

2,752 posts

214 months

Tuesday 16th August 2016
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ging84 said:
did making abs mandatory on new cars count as a road safety initiative ?
The development of ABS braking had nothing whatever to do with the police. It was however, arguably the greatest single advance in vehicle technology to prevent collision and drastically reduce braking distances. It has also doubtless saved many wayward pedestrians from instant death.

This then can be claimed to be a true accident prevention method, unlike the utterly ludicrous claims by so called safety partnerships.

Until the police have a more visual presence and use it to prosecute bad drivers, not speeders, standards will continue to degrade; but you wonder how bad it's going to get before someone in authority does something creative.

J

anonymous-user

53 months

Tuesday 16th August 2016
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Moonhawk said:
They'd reduce casualties more IMO by cutting hedges around junctions etc - aiding visibility
Who the police or lazy errant landowners smile

https://www.cheshire.police.uk/advice-and-support/...



souper

2,433 posts

210 months

Tuesday 16th August 2016
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The only scheme I think worked was the 'Green Cross Code' adverts in the 70's most who'd seen them would still remember the look listen part and still use it today.

Vaud

50,290 posts

154 months

Tuesday 16th August 2016
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souper said:
The only scheme I think worked was the 'Green Cross Code' adverts in the 70's most who'd seen them would still remember the look listen part and still use it today.
There was one with "Charlie says" but I can't remember the points it was trying to make, only the Prodigy remix.

souper

2,433 posts

210 months

Tuesday 16th August 2016
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The introduction of mandatory wearing of seatbelts, pretty much everyone prior to the introduction didn't wear one even though they were fitted to most cars.

I remember the day of introduction and feeling like a bit of a dick putting on the belt for the first time, but then noticed every other driver was doing the same.

Yes I know some still don't agree with it but I feel like somethings' missing if I start to drive off with it off even if just reversing up a driveway. Weird.