Education centre

What’s on our site for teachers and students

• RoadSense | Ata haere: on-line games, curriculum resources for teachers, tips for teaching children how to walk or cycle to school safely.
• Feet First Walk to School Week: a campaign to promote the benefits of regularly walking to and from school, and encourage children at participating schools to join walking school buses, or walk to and from school with their caregivers or friends.
• School bus safety: information and advice for teachers, students, parents and school bus operators.
• Info for cyclists: A guide to what’s on our site for cyclists (links to helmet information, research and statistics, publications, proposed new laws that will affect cyclists, etc).
• Practice: a programme for learner drivers. Signing up to Practice is free. It helps you get more time behind the wheel and develop safe driving skills.
• Scooters, skateboarders etc: A guide to what’s on our site for scooter and skateboard riders (links to safety information, research and statistics, publications, proposed new laws that will affect cyclists, etc).
• Fascinating facts: Collection of interesting bits and pieces. Topics include a road safety timeline, Ministers of Transport, 20th century road toll, history of registration (number) plates, and what’s a safe colour for your car?
• Road safety issues reports: Highlights of key road safety issues for each territorial local authority and Transit region. The reports identify possible ways to reduce the number of road deaths and injuries.

Last updated: 18 September 2007