Paying Attentionon the Roads

It make sense to use your senses

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What happens next?

Why do you think he has walked into a lamppost?

Paying Attention

What else can be a distraction when we are walking or cycling?

Paying Attention

• Chatting with friends• Handheld games• Football• Mobile phones• Headphones / Music

What if a driver is doing this,

Paying Attention

whilst we’re doing that.

Who’s looking out for our safety?

Paying Attention

If you are doing / using any of these….

you are not using your senses to help keep you safe

Some traffic is noisysome traffic is quiet

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Some vehicles are easy to see, others are harder to see

We always need to be looking with our eyes and listening with our ears for traffic

in all directions

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Eyes:

•Look and find a safe place to cross

•Look to see if traffic has stopped

•Look all around for traffic

•Keep looking as you cross

•Look at the traffic signals

•Look what other traffic is doing

Ears:

•Listen for traffic coming

•Listen for emergency vehicles approaching

•Listen for large vehicles reversing

•Listen to what police and crossing patrols tell you

•Listen for the beeping sounds at some crossings

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