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[PR] School Transport Summer Safety Roadshow

  • 09-05-2008 9:52pm
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    Victor
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    http://www.buseireann.ie/news.php?id=624&month=May
    SCHOOL TRANSPORT SUMMER SAFETY ROADSHOW

    Customised school buses operating as mini cinemas will be touring the country this summer, to spread school transport safety messages to children.

    The 2008 Bus Éireann School Transport Summer Safety Roadshow will visit nearly 30 agricultural shows taking place in towns and villages around the country.

    The roadshow starts this Sunday, May 11 at the Kingdom County Fair, Tralee, Co Kerry. From there, a 28-venue whistle stop tour takes place of other popular agricultural shows throughout the country, ending in Mountbellew Co Galway on Sept 13 2008. Information about the roadshow is available on www.buseireann.ie. https://194.106.151.95/asp/TourList.asp#2

    Bus Éireann spokeswoman, Erica Roseingrave said: “The Bus Éireann School Transport Summer Safety Roadshow is a summer long campaign aimed at promoting the school bus safety message and encouraging children to “belt up safely” whilst travelling. Agricultural shows are popular family events in rural communities, where most of the school-going population use school transport and represent an ideal opportunity to communicate to parents and children that wearing a seatbelt on the school bus is vital for safety. The roadshow builds on several other successful TV, radio and DVD campaigns to urge students to belt up safely,”

    Parents and children will be invited on board a customised school bus to watch an entertaining DVD featuring Ireland’s Eurovision hopeful, Dustin the Turkey. The 15-minute DVD features Dustin with a host of school children and stresses the Do’s and Don’ts of School Bus Safety, emphasising in particular the importance of wearing your seat belt. The DVD has already been sent to every primary and second level school in the country. Children will also be invited to take part in art competitions and there will be prizes, giveaways and promotions. Bus Éireann school bus drivers, inspectors and local school transport staff will crew the bus at each location and will answer queries parents may have about best safety practice relating to school transport and planning school transport for their children.

    The campaign is also aimed at advising parents on how to enhance the safety of their children prior to boarding and after alighting from the school bus. Statistically speaking, the majority of accidents involving school children do not take place on board the school bus, which is one of the safest ways for children to travel to and from school. Statistically accidents are far more likely to occur when the children are en route to catch the bus (often prior to boarding) or once they alight from the vehicle (on completion of the journey). The ‘before’ and ‘after’ elements of the journey are the most hazardous. This is also borne out by international experience.

    The Bus Éireann School Transport Summer Safety Roadshow will travel to the following Agricultural Shows:

    * Sun11 May: Kingdom County Fair, Tralee, Co Kerry
    * Wed 14 May: Be Safe Programme, Clonmany, Co Donegal
    * Sun 18 May: Bandon, Co. Cork
    * Fri 23 May: Mosney Community Games, Co Meath
    * Sat 24 May: Mosney Community Games, Co Meath
    * Sun 25 May: Middleton Show, Middleton, Co Cork
    * Sat 31 May: Belgooly, Co Cork
    * Sun 1 June: Kenmare, Co Kerry
    * Sat 7 June: Piltown Motor Show, Co Kilkenny
    * Sun 8 June: Clonakilty, Co Cork
    * Sat 14 June: Galway County Agri Show, Athenry
    * Sun 15 June: Galway County Agri Show, Athenry
    * Sat 21 June: Gorey, Co Wexford
    * Sun 29 June: Athlone, Co Westmeath
    * Sun 6 July: Clonmel, Co Tipperary
    * Thurs 10 July: Bannow & Rathangan, Co Kildare
    * Sat 12 July: Barryroe, Co Cork
    * Thurs 17 July: Carbery, Co Cork
    * Sat 19 July: Carnew, Co Wicklow
    * Sat 26 July: Tattersalls/Ward Union, Fairyhouse, Co Meath
    * Sun 27 July: Tattersalls/Ward Union, Fairyhouse, Co Meath
    * Thurs 31 July: Dungarvan, Co Waterford
    * Mon 4 August: Bonniconlon, Ballina, Co Mayo
    * Sun 10 May: Tullamore, Co Offaly
    * Sun 17 May: Tullow, Co Carlow
    * Wed 20 May: Virginia, Co Cavan
    * Sat 23 May: Moate, Co Westmeath
    * Mon 25 May: Mosney Community Games, Co Meath
    * Sat 30 May: Oughterard, Co Westmeath
    * Sun 31 August: Oughterard, Co Westmeath.
    * Thurs 4 Sept: Iverk, Piltown, Co Kilkenny
    * Sun 7 Sept: Bantry, Co Cork
    * Sat 13 Sept: Mountbellew, Co Galway

    Bus Éireann operates the School Transport Scheme on behalf of the Department of Education and Science.


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