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Paying Attentionon the Roads
It make sense to use your senses
Nottinghamshire County Council
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
Nottinghamshire County Council
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
Nottinghamshire County Council
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
Nottinghamshire County Council
It could save your lifeIt could save your life
It makes sense to It makes sense to use your sensesuse your senses