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Kids patrol the CBD on "Fluoro Friday"
- A colourful street parade in the New Plymouth CBD ensured that the valuable contributions made by school street patrols in our community were made highly visible to passing traffic...
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Waking up to Driver Fatigue
- A Driver Reviver stop held in Mokau during April reached over 700 drivers with information about the effects of driver fatigue.
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New road rules include ban on use of cellphones while driving
- A series of amendments to the Land Transport (Road User) Rule 2004 will come into effect on 1st November 2009, including a ban on the use of handheld mobile phones whilst driving.
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Kids push School Bus Safety Message
- Children from 5 local primary schools recently presented their findings of a research project looking at school bus safety around rural and urban schools in New Plymouth district.
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Driving home the safety message at WITT orientation day.
- ACC, Roadsafe Taranaki and New Plymouth Police teamed up to raise awareness of the impacts of fatigue and alcohol on young drivers at this year's Student Orientation Day at WITT.
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"Operation Sabre Tooth" highlights new 'at-risk' time for drunk driving
- Taranaki police teamed up with units from Palmerston North in a recent operation designed to tackle drink driving in the New Plymouth city area.
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Kakaramea wakes drivers up to effects of fatigue
- The findings of a Roadsafe Taranaki fatigue stop held in Kakaramea on Sunday suggests that some drivers are still slow to wake up to the message about driver fatigue.
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Grim Reaper haunts CBD intersections
- New Plymouth's very own 'Grim Reaper' took up a seat at a selection of intersections across the CBD in the first 2 weeks of June to highlight the risks associated with bad calls at intersections.
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FDMC students get READY2DRIVE!
- Year 10 students from Francis Douglas Memorial College took part in a day of practical activities aimed at raising their awareness of road safety issues affecting young drivers.


