Neighbourhood wardens help promote road safety across the Horsham district

Neighbourhood wardens have been out and about across the Horsham district sharing road safety tips and advice with residents.
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During the campaign - part of Road Safety Week - Pulborough wardens were on hand to speak with drivers about anti-social driving and parking around the area of St Mary’s School.

Horsham wardens engaged with cyclists in West Street and Middle Street to remind them that cycling is not permitted there. They displayed No Cycling bollard covers along West Street and engaged with more than 20 people about cycling, electric scooters and road safety.

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In Storrington the wardens talked to parents at Storrington Primary School about not parking on the double yellow lines and zig zag lines.

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They also supported the local speed watch group and gave the pre-school ‘Little Bears’ packs that included a colouring book and crayons, and a safety reflective snap band to wear.

Wardens in Billingshurst, Steyning, Bramber & Upper Beeding also engaged with the public on road safety matters. And Southwater wardens supported the local lollipop person for a few days and interacted with the schoolchildren and parents.

As an early Road Safety event, during the October half term wardens in Ashington held bike safety events which included a free bike safety check by Tom Hunter from The Bike Side in Partridge Green. Free bike lights were handed out at the event.

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All warden teams had ‘No Need To Speed’ signs that they used in their parishes and all took to Twitter to promote their activity.

Horsham District Council cabinet member for community matters Tricia Youtan said: “Encouraging people to be safe and responsible drivers is so important and I’m very pleased to see that our neighbourhood wardens have engaged with their local communities for Road Safety Week.”

If anyone witnesses any poor driving or anti-social use of a vehicle, they should report it to Operation Crackdown - a joint initiative by Sussex Police and Sussex Safer Roads Partnership at www.operationcrackdown.org