The Road Safety Plan 2018 – 2023 “Operation Caution” is divided into two phases – the Awareness phase and the Substantive phase. The plan’s objectives are as follows:
- 25% reduction in collisions
- 25% reduction in road deaths/fatal collisions
- Increased public awareness of road safety and road safety issues
- Comprehensive road safety education in schools
- Decrease in reported driving under the influence cases
Features of the plan include increased Bermuda Police Service presence throughout the island, introduction of Stop Light cameras, speed limit warnings, several targeted marketing campaigns focused on the causes of collisions, and curbing dangerous behaviors.
To implement this, the Road Safety Plan “Operation Caution” features a 2 tier approach to road safety education. These tiers are:
- Youth (preschool – high school) – Preventative Tier
- Adult – Active Learning/Re-Education Tier
Both the youth and adult education tiers include establishing a working group to develop/source road safety curriculum for the primary level, reviewing the existing Project Ride program, engaging the business community on road safety, and establishing a mandatory DUI education policy just to name a few.
Full details of the plan will be provided as part of the Awareness Phase. We will be hosting several town hall meetings to share the plan with the public, as well as conducting “street” interviews. The town hall meetings are scheduled as follows:
- Western – Monday, June 25th, 2018 – Sandys Middle School
- Central – Wednesday, June 27, 2018 – Berkeley Institute
- Eastern – Thursday, June 28, 2018 – Penno’s Wharf
All meetings begin promptly at 7pm nightly.
The “Street” Interviews will take place in the city of Hamilton Monday, July 2 – Wednesday, July 4th – just look out for the Chair and the camera if you want to share your views!
As part of the awareness component of this plan, we wanted to provide the youth with an opportunity to be creative and engage in the road safety discussion. To that end, we have created a Road Safety Video competition for youth aged 13 to 18 years old. Teens – create a 30 sec – 90 sec video on the topic “Why is Road Safety Important?” and submit it to bdaroadsafety@gmail.com. Your name, your age and a parent’s contact number must be included in the email. Prizes will be awarded, as well as the winning video will be used in future road safety campaigns. The deadline for video submissions is Friday, July 6th, 2018 so send in those videos!
Our thanks to Minister Roban, Minister Caines, Chairman Lister, the Ministry team, the entire TCD team and the members of the BRSC for their commitment to road safety. I look forward to seeing all of you Bermuda as we share the plan moving forward. Thank you.
To provide feedback on the Road Safety Plan 2018 - 'Operation Caution', please fill out a brief survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/QPSJBFP.