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FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1986
ROAD SAFETY QUARTERLY PUBLISHED
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THE SECOND ISSUE OF THE ROAD SAFETY QUARTERLY, A BILINGUAL ROAD SAFETY COUNCIL PUBLICATION TO PROMOTE ROAD SAFETY CONSCIOUSNESS, WAS PUBLISHED TODAY (FRIDAY).
AS GOVERNMENT STATISTICS SHOW THAT ACCIDENTS INVOLVING PEDESTRIANS ACCOUNT FOR A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRAFFIC ACCIDENT CASUALTIES AND THE TWO PEDESTRIAN GROUPS MOST AT RISK ARE CHILDREN AGED UNDER 14 AND ELDERLY PEOPLE OVER 60, THE QUARTERLY FOCUSES ON PEDESTRIAN SAFETY WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE YOUNG AND THE ELDERLY.
IT HIGHLIGHTS AND EXPLAINS PROPER ROAD BEHAVIOUR FOR PEDESTRIANS AND DRIVERS.
THE MAIN ARTICLE SUGGESTS WAYS IN WHICH PARENTS CAN INSTIL IN THEIR CHILDREN A SENSE OF ROAD SAFETY.
ROAD SAFETY FOR THE ELDERLY IS EXAMINED, AND ADVICE IS GIVEN TO DRIVERS ON MAKING EXTRA ALLOWANCES FOR AGED PEOPLE SINCE THE IR MOVEMENTS MAY BE SLOW AND THEIR BEHAVIOUR AT TIMES ERRATIC.
A CASE STUDY OF AN ELDERLY PEDESTRIAN WHO WAS INVOLVED IN A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT IS DESCRIBED. THE STUDY SHOWED THAT THE ACCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED HAD THE VICTIM TAKEN PROPER CARE.
FREE COPIES OF THE SECOND ISSUE OF THE ROAD SAFETY QUARTERLY CAN BE OBTAINED FROM DISTRICT OFFICES AND THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT'S LICENSING OFFICES.
ANOTHER BATCH OF 1.D. CARDS DECLARED INVALID
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THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT ALL OLD IDENTITY CARDS BELONGING TO MEN BORN IN OR BEFORE 1932 WILL CEASE TO BE LEGAL DOCUMENTS AS FROM JUNE 8, 1986.
THIS WILL BE THE SIXTH BATCH OF OLD 1.D. CARDS TO BE DECLARED INVALID SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE RE-ISSUE SCHEME.
+A TOTAL OF 481 000 OF THESE OLD CARDS HAS ALREADY BEEN RETURNED TO THE DEPARTMENT, BUT IT IS POSSIBLE THAT A SMALL MINORITY OF THE ABOVE AGE-GROUP STILL HOLDS THE OLD TYPE I.D. CARDS, A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.
/HE URGED