Pupils win prizes for posters

Two Kent schoolchildren - Rachel Hall and Georgina Munns - were presented with gift vouchers last week for posters that highlight strong road safety messages to the county's motorists.

The poster competition was launched when the Kent & Medway Safety Camera Partnership and Kent County Council's Road Safety Team visited St Botolph's School, Gravesham to teach the children the dangers of speeding. Rachel and Georgina's posters have been sent to all primary schools in Gravesham and will also be used in exhibition units.

The education day at St Botolph’s saw pupils using a mobile safety camera to record speeds of passing vehicles, and analysing the data to see how many motorists were over the legal speed limit. It also included teaching the children to ‘be safe and be seen’, and asking them to guess the distance it takes a car to stop at 30mph.

Communications officer for the Kent & Medway Safety Camera Partnership, Rachel Moon, said: "The posters were excellent and extremely colourful - highlighting the message that road safety is an important issue that affects everyone. Safety cameras are an important tool for reducing casualties but education is just as vital in helping to change attitudes of road users."