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Army taking the issue of drink driving seriously

Posted on December 23, 2009 by admin

23.12.09 The Gloucestershire Road Safety Partnership, Gloucestershire Constabulary, the 29 Regiment Royal Logistics Corp and Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue have been working together to deliver an important Christmas message. On December 15, the Regiment held an information morning to make …

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Keeping young cyclists safe at Christmas

Posted on December 15, 2009 by admin

15.12.09 Many parents will be buying their children bikes for Christmas and are being asked to consider more than just the style, size and colour. The road safety partnership ask that parents should take into account the following points: Choose …

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Get Talking Transport – local authority consultation

Posted on December 15, 2009 by admin

15.12.09 Gloucestershire County Council is undertaking a consultation exercise as part of the development of the next Local Transport Plan to ask what priorities people want to see the Council focus on in the years ahead. If you want to …

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Make it none for the road this Christmas.

Posted on December 8, 2009 by admin

8.12.09- Kelly, 26 from Gloucester, crashed her car after misjudging a junction. She caused injury to herself, wrote off her car, and was convicted of drink driving. Kelly helped to launch our annual drink driving campaign today and said: “I’d …

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How to be a Dobry kierowca (Polish for good driver)

Posted on November 25, 2009 by admin

25.11.09 Gloucestershire’s new Road Safety Partnership was only launched in March, but already its reputation is spreading far and wide.  A film crew from Poland spent two days with members of the partnership filming a feature on good driving habits …

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International Road Safety Week

Posted on November 24, 2009 by admin

23.11.09 During “Road Safety” week, the Road Safety Partnership will be undertaking a range of activities, including: Organising and delivering a major occupational road risk day for all staff at E-on, Gloucester. Partnership work involving the private sector, Police, Fire …

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Pedal power paying off for Barton women

Posted on November 12, 2009 by admin

11.11.09 When ladies from Gloucester’s Muslim community decided they should “get on their bikes”, the Partnership had no idea it would prove so popular! Whether new to two wheels or more experienced cyclists, the ladies have been enjoying regular lessons …

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Road Safety in the virtual world

Posted on October 27, 2009 by admin

27.10.09 The Road Safety Partnership has joined the virtual world of Twitter! Follow our regular updates on www.twitter.com, where we’re busy tweeting about our staff, what we’re up to, where we’ll be, and any interesting facts and stats we want to …

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Collision stats continue to suggest driver error

Posted on October 22, 2009 by admin

21.10.09 Researchers in the Partnership have been compiling the casualty and collision data for the first half of 2009, and have found 80% of collisions occuring in the first six months were caused by driver or rider error. There were nine fatalities …

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Safety message as clocks go back

Posted on October 22, 2009 by admin

21.10.09 People in Gloucestershire are being urged to take extra care as the clocks go back this weekend (Sunday 25th October). As the evenings get darker, it can be more difficult to spot people and hazards on the roads.  Gloucestershire Road …

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