❓ A WA parliamentary question regarding the "Wait Before You Walk" program, a road safety initiative by the Public Transport Authority aimed at improving student pedestrian safety around buses. The Minister provides details on the program's cost, components, duration, and rationale.
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The Public Transport Authority, through the School Bus Service and Transperth, has initiated a program called “Wait Before You Walk”. With reference to this program, I ask:
(a) will the Minister provide details on the total cost of this program;
(b) what are the components of this program;
(c) will the Minister provide me with the end date of this program; and
(d) will the Minister provide me with the rationale behind the introduction of this program?
(a) will the Minister provide details on the total cost of this program;
(b) what are the components of this program;
(c) will the Minister provide me with the end date of this program; and
(d) will the Minister provide me with the rationale behind the introduction of this program?
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Answered
9 September 2009
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Transport
Response time
29 days
(a) The cost for the State wide campaign was approximately $23,000.
(b) The program primarily consisted of educational material developed for teachers, children and parents. In conjunction with this, a competition was run to encourage children to think about road safety around buses and develop their own awareness messages. Hats, posters and stickers were also produced. The hats were sent to school bus drivers and they were encouraged to wear them to raise awareness of the issue. If the driver did not wish to wear the hat then they were able to give it to a student who displayed appropriate behaviour when boarding and alighting their school bus. Stickers were also given to students to raise awareness and posters were sent to schools.
(c) The campaign was run until the beginning of August 2009, although education of children using public transport safely is an ongoing process.
(d) Every day in Western Australia approximately 300,000 young people travel to and from school. Many of them are bus users. Travelling independently involves a high degree of decision making and road awareness to arrive safely at a destination. There is substantial historical evidence that travelling on a bus is very safe for students. However, there is a period of potential danger when they are crossing the road to meet or leave the bus. Similar dangers face children after exiting their parents' cars; however, the bus presents some additional challenges because its size can often block vision of approaching traffic. Every day young people are taking unacceptable risks, regularly running in front of, or between, buses when crossing the road.
During safety management audits with school bus contractors, as well as feedback from metropolitan bus contractors, one of the key concerns raised by the bus driving industry is children getting too close to the bus or moving in front of or behind the bus making it difficult for other drivers on the road to see children when passing a stationary bus. There have been a number of injuries over the past few years as a direct result of students not observing safe road practices when embarking and disembarking school buses, in addition to this there have been many 'near misses'.
The 'Wait Before You Walk' campaign was a positive State wide initiative by the Public Transport Authority's Transperth and School Bus Services branches, specifically aimed at increasing awareness of school student pedestrian safety around buses and help reduce the potential for accidents or fatal injury around buses.
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(b) The program primarily consisted of educational material developed for teachers, children and parents. In conjunction with this, a competition was run to encourage children to think about road safety around buses and develop their own awareness messages. Hats, posters and stickers were also produced. The hats were sent to school bus drivers and they were encouraged to wear them to raise awareness of the issue. If the driver did not wish to wear the hat then they were able to give it to a student who displayed appropriate behaviour when boarding and alighting their school bus. Stickers were also given to students to raise awareness and posters were sent to schools.
(c) The campaign was run until the beginning of August 2009, although education of children using public transport safely is an ongoing process.
(d) Every day in Western Australia approximately 300,000 young people travel to and from school. Many of them are bus users. Travelling independently involves a high degree of decision making and road awareness to arrive safely at a destination. There is substantial historical evidence that travelling on a bus is very safe for students. However, there is a period of potential danger when they are crossing the road to meet or leave the bus. Similar dangers face children after exiting their parents' cars; however, the bus presents some additional challenges because its size can often block vision of approaching traffic. Every day young people are taking unacceptable risks, regularly running in front of, or between, buses when crossing the road.
During safety management audits with school bus contractors, as well as feedback from metropolitan bus contractors, one of the key concerns raised by the bus driving industry is children getting too close to the bus or moving in front of or behind the bus making it difficult for other drivers on the road to see children when passing a stationary bus. There have been a number of injuries over the past few years as a direct result of students not observing safe road practices when embarking and disembarking school buses, in addition to this there have been many 'near misses'.
The 'Wait Before You Walk' campaign was a positive State wide initiative by the Public Transport Authority's Transperth and School Bus Services branches, specifically aimed at increasing awareness of school student pedestrian safety around buses and help reduce the potential for accidents or fatal injury around buses.
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