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Road users are being cautioned to take car around school zones this week as students arrive for another year of learning.
About 12,300 students will resume classes in government schools across the City of Greater Bendigo from Tuesday, according to Victorian government estimates.
Among them are 800 preps who will navigate the challenges of a new school, new teacher and new classmates.
Bendigo highway patrol senior sergeant Ian Brooks said these young people would be excited about starting their schooling lives but also inexperienced around traffic.
“It's well known that very young children have limited traffic sense,” he said.
It's well known that very young children have limited traffic sense. They might be excited about going to their new school and perhaps not paying enough attention to the road.
- Senior Sergeant Ian Brooks
“They might be excited about going to their new school and perhaps not paying enough attention to the road.”
He also said some young people getting off buses could forget to look for oncoming traffic in their haste to meet with friends.
“It's not just the cars, it’s all road users: cyclists, pedestrians need to pay attention to them,” Senior Sergeant Brooks said.
He warned motorists who flouted the rules in school zones this week that police officers would be monitoring river behaviour closely.
“Pay attention and obey the parking signs and restrictions; just because it happens to be handy to the school gate doesn't mean its appropriate.”
Mark Kearney
Journalist. Traveller. Pop culture connoisseur. Mark is passionate about education, the arts and social justice, especially stories affecting the LGBTI community.
Journalist. Traveller. Pop culture connoisseur. Mark is passionate about education, the arts and social justice, especially stories affecting the LGBTI community.
