'Tie a yellow ribbon day' in Bradford (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)
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'Tie a yellow ribbon day' in Bradford
10:10pm Saturday 4th July 2009 in
Pupils are urged to tie a yellow ribbon around their school railings and pledge to wear seatbelts as part of a Bradford Council campaign.
The Yellow Ribbon Day on Thursday aims to show children and young people are serious about the Seat Belt On? campaign which highlights the importance of road safety and hopes to cut the number of deaths on the road.
Children at Lapage Primary school in Bradford Moor will be tying pledges to their railings in a bid to encourage others to support the campaign.
Councillor Anne Hawkesworth, the Council’s executive member for environment and culture, said: “The Yellow Ribbon Day will help to show motorists that children and young people are serious about driving this message home that everyone should belt up when travelling on the roads.”
Last year, 1,041 drivers and 639 car passengers were killed or injured in Bradford. Thirty-four passengers were children aged four or under and another 76 were aged five to 15. In March the Council’s road safety team put up 200 road-side adverts at sites across the district as well as special signs at children’s centres reminding parents to use the correct car seats.
The launch event also ties in with another event at Laisterdyke Business and Enterprise College on Friday, July 10, when fire crews will show how they remove car roofs in accidents.
The Council is working with the Fire Service, NHS Bradford and Airedale, and the Safeguarding Children Board to promote the campaign which is part of a West Yorkshire project.
The road safety team is also visiting primary and secondary schools to get the message across in assemblies.
For information call (01274) 437409.
Comments(10)
Mike Strutter
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7:54am Sun 5 Jul 09
Answers on a postcard to Anne Hawkesworth
emu999
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8:58am Sun 5 Jul 09
The Main Man
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2:52pm Sun 5 Jul 09
I seen loads of cars racing round with the drivers and there mates not wearing seatbelts it getting worse now.
Thyey need to give the people who dont wear them 3 points a time thimight stop them when they get banned.
t'old man
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6:09pm Sun 5 Jul 09
what are they going to come up with to try stop people using mobile phones while driving ? free hands free sets to every driver maybe !!!
brian jones
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8:28pm Sun 5 Jul 09
brian jones
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8:33pm Sun 5 Jul 09
rongtw
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6:44am Mon 6 Jul 09
and no doubt they would find plenty of other offenses during that time
Apollo
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7:47am Mon 6 Jul 09
Seat belts, use of mobiles, illegal lights, illegal number plates, no MOT, no tax, no insurance and disregard for parking regulations are the norm in Bradford.
3 high cost cars parked on the double yellow lines outside the Mumtaz last night and a Police car on the opposite side of the road.
Did they get tickets or even a warning? You know the answer to that one.
spinnekop
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10:50am Mon 6 Jul 09
Is there enough yellow ribbon on the planet?
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