29 October 2014
Western Cape MEC of Transport and Public
Works Donald Grant on Tuesday unveiled the Child Pedestrain Safety poster
series at Itsitsa Primary School.
In a statement MEC Grant said children
particularly small children continue to bear the brunt of irresponsible and
reckless behaviour seen on the roads, with no fewer than 59 children being
either knocked down or killed in the province.
Ministerial Spokesperson Siphesihle Dube
said children, particularly small children, continue to bear the brunt of
irresponsible and reckless behaviour seen on our roads, with no fewer than 59
having been either knocked down or killed in the Western Cape this year alone.
Dube said according to StatSA’s 2013
National Household Travel Survey, 50.4% of the Western Cape’s 1,676 million
population that attend an educational institution walk to and from those
institutions, with the remainder being transported by either private or public
transport.
Dube said all of them are, in one way or
the other, vulnerable for serious injury or death at the hands of reckless and
irresponsible motorists.
“We must do all we can to change behaviours
and attitudes on our roads and protect children from the senseless injury or
death that far too many are victim of Dube added.
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