Drivers passing by local elementary schools will soon have another reminder to slow down and pay attention.
Children from Deep Cove, 岣癊LSET and Sidney Elementary are drawing pictures that will be handed out to drivers, reminding them to B次元官网网址淭hink of MeB次元官网网址� when driving through school zones.
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Manseau and community policing officer Constable Meighan de Pass toured local elementary schools last week, asking kids to say what they thought were bad driving behaviours. Kids were handed blank cards, on which they will draw a picture reminding drivers to encourage better driving behaviour. The cards will then be handed out during an upcoming road check.
Colleen Woodger, road safety co-ordinator for ICBC in south Vancouver Island, said that the messages cover a wide range of topics, including impaired driving, speeding and texting while driving. She said itB次元官网网址檚 effective because B次元官网网址渋tB次元官网网址檚 coming from the childrenB次元官网网址檚 perspective, which I think sometimes is better when trying to create this behaviour change that weB次元官网网址檙e trying to achieve behind the wheel.B次元官网网址�
Manseau and de Pass found the program, which started in Vancouver, and contacted Woodger to bring it to Sidney and North Saanich.
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