---------------------------------------------------- Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your family members, relatives, neighbours and friends. Help other CONSUMERS to be better informed. ---------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Children's Road Safety and Traffic Management Awareness Fortnight --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Goa Civic and Consumer Action Network (GOACAN) will organise a Children's Road Safety & Traffic Management Awareness Fortnight from 2nd to 15th November.
During the fortnight GOACAN through the village based Consumer Forums and the campus based Consumer Welfare Clubs will highlight:- *-* *that children* are consumers of the public transport system and are entitled to comfortable, affordable and safe travel. Their right to a 50% concession on the bus fares needs to be guaranteed, free from harassment. - *that children* need to be provided with information / instruction on Road Safety and the precautions they need to take while being transported as well as being pedestrians. - *that children* need to feel confident to complain as well as make suggestions on improvements for Road safety and Traffic management. - *that children* need to feel confident to caution/remind parents / guardians about their responsibilities with regards Road Safety & Traffic Management. During the fortnight Consumer Forum volunteers will submit representations and interact with various authorities like the Director of Transport, Superintendent of Traffic Police, Director of Education, Director of Women & Child Development, Chairperson of Bal Bhavan Chief Engineer Public Works Department (PWD), District Collectors, Chairpersons of Regional Transport Authority (RTA) and the Goa State Commission for Protection of Child Rights. (GSCPCR). During the fortnight special emphasis will be placed on the dangers of rash & negligent driving, of driving without a licence & over-speeding, the importance of wearing helmets & seatbelts during travel and the need to follow road discipline and park properly, Volunteers will also review signages & conditions of infrastructure like bus stops, foot paths, speed breakers & rumblers, zebra crossings, subways parking facilities near educational institutions and encourage the authorities to prepare Road Safety and Traffic Management plan for these institutions. The Volunteers will also widely circulate various printed materials such as First Lessons in Road Safety, Pre Paid Complaint Card & Road Safety Patrol manual produced by Goa Traffic Police, Do's & Don'ts for passengers by Directorate of Transport, Consumer Rights & Redressal by the Department of Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs and Guidelines for Bus Operators by the Goa State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (GSCPCR). Principals, Headmasters, Teachers, PTA Committee members, Parents and Children are requested to send their complaints/suggestions on Children's Road Safety & Traffic Management by post to GOACAN, Post Box 187, Margao Goa 403 601 or by email to [email protected] during this fortnight. ------------------------------ ----------------------------- GOA CIVIC AND CONSUMER ACTION NETWORK ----------------------------------------------------------- promoting civic and consumer rights in Goa ----------------------------------------------------------- GOACAN Post Box 187 Margao, Goa 403 601 GOACAN Post Box 78 Mapusa, Goa 403 507 mail: [email protected] ----------------------------------------------------------
