Questions for Constable Julie.
Constable Julie visited Room 2 on Friday 19th of February with her teddy bear friend ‘Officer Ted’. We got to have turns holding Officer Ted while we asked Constable Julie some questions about road safety, which we had been thinking about in class. Here are some of the questions we asked Constable Julie’s and her answers.
• How do traffic lights work?
-There are pressure pads under the road that measure how much traffic there is. This makes the lights work. Some lights will turn red to make traffic stop and other lights will turn green to let traffic go. The lights are designed to only let one lot of traffic go at a time to stop cars having crashes.
• Why do we have to walk on the footpath?
-the footpath is a safe place for people to walk.
-you are not allowed to ride your bicycle on the footpath.
• Why do you have to watch before you cross the road?
-You have to stop, look, and listen otherwise you might end up squished like a hedgehog or possum.
• Why do cyclists have to ride on the road?
-It is not safe for people walking if cyclists are on the footpath.
-If you are cycling on the road and are under 10 years old you have to have someone with you who is 10 years or older.
• What makes people crash?
-not allowed to use cell phones when driving now because they caused a lot of crashes.
-people not concentrating, being tired or distracted
-people reading maps or not looking at the road
-people driving too fast. Not allowed to drive faster than the speed signs even if you have a super duper-racing car!
• Why do we have to wear seatbelts?
-You have to make it click.
-If you are not buckled in and you are in a crash you can go flying out the window and get very hurt, a bit like a squished hedgehog or possum.
If you’re in the front seat
Or if you’re in the back
Click goes your seatbelt
Before you hit the track….
Traffic means anything that goes on the road! Not just cars but trucks, vans, bicycles, motorbikes etc….
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