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Road safety - adults

The Travel Safe team work in the community to reduce accidents and improve road safety.

Young Driver Workshop

Free young driver workshops are aimed at road users aged between 16 and 24, who hold a current learner or restricted driver licence. Participants will leave with improved knowledge, confidence, and skills.

Each workshop includes:

  • A 60-minute one-on-one driving lesson with a certified instructor
  • Waka Kotahi NZTA roadworthy vehicle check (what to check to ensure your vehicle is safe and roadworthy)
  • Driver behaviour awareness (speed, impairment, restraints, distraction, and fatigue 
  • Awareness session on sharing the road with heavy vehicles

Parents/caregivers are strongly encouraged to attend but it’s not compulsory. The four-hour workshops are held during school term holidays, usually between 9am and 1pm.

Drive has everything you need to prepare for your learner, restricted and full licence tests.

Visit the Drive website

Young driver workshop

Car Restraints

Looking for support around car seat restraints? Contact one of our local car seat technicians at travelsafeschools@tauranga.govt.nzWe offer free car seat installations, checks, and will help answer any questions or concerns regarding your car restraint.

Carseat installation

Parking behaviour

Drop off and pick up are busy times that pose a safety risk at the school gate. Travel Safe help schools to communicate things like parking time limits, drop off and pick up zones, parking over the kerb and other safety risks at the school gate. We deliver an in-school parking and safety programme named Peaceful Parker, and partner with council parking officers to do school visits when requested by schools or the community.

Blindzone Workshops 

Blindzone workshops allow people to see the world from a truck driver’s point of view. Through a series of practical scenarios, participants will learn where to place themselves so they are visible to truck drivers and will leave with more awareness and confidence on the road. 

For more on Blindzone and cycling around heavy vehicles visit Share the Road.

Blindzone workshop

Be Bright, Be Safe, Be Seen

This winter visibility programme reminds cyclists, walkers, runners, and scooter riders to have lights, bright clothing, and reflective gear if they are out and about during early mornings, evenings, and at other times of low light and poor visibility. 

Whether commuting to work or school, being active for fun or fitness, or popping down to the local shops, people should take extra care and keep safe by being fully visible on roads and paths. 

All cyclists are encouraged to wear high-visibility clothing and ensure their front light, rear light and rear red reflector are all working correctly and are clean.

View the official New Zealand code for cycling for more information.
 

Related news

New crossings help keep children safe

New crossings help keep children safe

Local Tauranga school students can now safely cross Fraser Street between 17th and 18th Avenue, thanks to a new signalised crossing.

Baxter Carlin, Year 8 at Tauranga Intermediate School, uses the new crossing most days and says it is great that it’s now safe and easier to cross.

“It used to be so hard to cross the road. Last year I saw a friend of mine get bumped by a car when he was trying to cross after school,” explains Baxter. “It’s now more accessible and the crossing helps cars slow down.”

Classmate Isla Rudden, also Year 8, agrees. “A lot of kids were nearly getting hit by cars because they had nowhere to cross. Now it’s much better that we can feel safe.”

Tauranga Intermediate School Principal Cameron Mitchell says a safer crossing has been needed for some time, and he’s thrilled the school community now has a reliable and safe place to cross on Fraser Street.

“Prior to the signalised crossing, there was nowhere safe for our students to cross Fraser Street, between Fraser Cove and 15th Avenue, if they wished to access 16th, 17th or 18th Avenue towards Cameron Road. A few years ago, we also had a student seriously injured after they were hit by a vehicle on Fraser Street.”

This new signalised crossing on Fraser Street has recently become operational, along with a crossing at the intersection of Fraser Street and 13th Avenue which is beneficial for students at St Mary’s Catholic School and Tauranga Boys’ College in particular.

Both crossings were funded by Tauranga City Council and NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi to make it safer and easier for school children and nearby residents to cross the road, as well as help reduce vehicle speed on Fraser Street.

Karen Hay, Council's Manager of Safety and Sustainability, says it’s reassuring that there are now safe places to cross along the busy street.  

“Through our Travel Safe programme in schools, we teach students how to safely navigate crossing the road. Signalised crossings provide another level of safety for our community however it is still important for people crossing to check before stepping out, even when they get the green signal,” says Karen.

Tauranga Intermediate Students at pedestrian crossing

Image captionTauranga Intermediate students (from left) Seongmin Jun, Baxter Carlin, Isla Rudden and Charlie Boyle are happy to now have a safe place to cross on Fraser Street.
Posted: Sep 12, 2024,

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