PICTURES: Thrumster pupils get up to speed on road safety
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Pupils at Thrumster gave the police a helping hand in checking for speeding vehicles in the village.
Local police constable Matthew Thain visited the local primary school and early learning centre (ELC) to show the youngsters how they detect offences on the county's roads.
The visit was part of the children's work on reducing the speed of traffic within the village and past their school.
As part of this project, the school entered into the Bower Young Farmers' scarecrow competition. With the help of parents, children worked in their house teams – Bruan, Sarclet and Yarrows – to create scarecrows that look like police officers.
The scarecrows have been situated around the village and the pupils have received very positive comments from the community and wider public, according to the school.
As part of PC Thain's visit, he talked to the children about road safety, and some pupils even got the chance to use the speed gun on passing traffic.
PC Thain said: “I spoke to pupils about road safety and the importance of all road users being visible, including pedestrians, cyclists and horse riders.
“They were given a demonstration of how a speed detection device works and were able to try it out themselves under supervision. All the vehicles they checked on the day were driving at appropriate speeds. These drivers were given a big thumbs up as they passed by.
“We hope that drivers in the area will be as aware as the pupils are of road safety. Seeing the children out and about and their scarecrows will hopefully send a strong message that it is important to drive appropriately near schools where the speed limit is reduced.
“Work like this with schools is part of our overall aim to promote safety for all road users and encourage drivers to be speed aware.”
