Safety Tips
Lights flash on the back of buses to warn motorists they’re picking up or dropping off kids.
Bus flashing lights: https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/roadsafety/road-users/drivers/be-bus-aware#Bus_flashing_lights
School Zones in operation
🚨🚌 REMINDER 🚌🚨 School zones are in operation today, Friday 7 February between 8:00am-9:30am and 2:30pm- 4:00pm around schools. Please check signs for school zone hours.
School Zones in operation: https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/roadsafety/community/schools/school-zones
School Zones
Most school zones are in operation between 8am-9.30am and 2.30pm-4pm around schools Monday to Friday. Slow down and look out for children crossing. Please check signs for school zone hours.
Help keep our kids safe: https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/roadsafety/community/schools/school-zones
Make sure your child is safe
Make sure you have the right car seat for your child’s age and size and you know how to use it correctly. https://www.childcarseats.com.au/
GoodSAM: Help keep them alive, while paramedics arrive
Cardiac arrest is often unexpected and affects up to 9,000 people in NSW every year.
For every minute a patient doesn’t get chest compressions, also known as Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), their chances of survival fall by 7-10%.
That’s where GoodSAM comes in, an app that helps save lives by empowering the community to respond quickly when someone nearby goes into cardiac arrest.
CPR is easy and safe. You don’t need a formal qualification, and a NSW Ambulance Emergency Medical Call Taker will be on the phone to help you.
If you are willing and able to perform CPR and are 18 or older, you can sign up to receive GoodSAM alerts when someone needs help.
How GoodSAM works:
- Up to three GoodSAM volunteers receive an alert, and an ambulance is dispatched.
- As a GoodSAM volunteer, you choose whether to accept or reject the alert.
- If you accept the alert, the app tells you where to find the patient and the location of any nearby Automated
External Defibrillators (AEDs), which you can collect on your way. - Go to the patient and start CPR until paramedics arrive and take over.
Signing up is easy. Register as a volunteer, download the app, and sign in.
Can you help to save a life? Every minute counts. Sign up to GoodSAM today.
For more information about volunteering with GoodSAM, visit NSW Ambulance – GoodSAM.
Road safety never takes a holiday
Road safety never takes a holiday
With the summer holiday countdown on and more people expected to be travelling on NSW roads, check out our top tips to keep safe.
In the lead up to these holidays, encourage your colleagues, communities and loved ones to take extra care on the roads.
Stay safe this summer
- Slow down to make sure you arrive safely at your destination
- Make sure everyone’s buckled up properly
- Take a break or swap drivers if you’re driving tired
- Prepare for the unexpected – keep a safe distance of at least three seconds between you and the vehicle in front
- If you plan on drinking, have a Plan B
- Switch off for summer and put your mobile phone in the glovebox
- Check your lights, tyres and oil to make sure your car or motorcycle is road trip ready.
Between December 2023 to January 2024, 63 people were killed and 817 were seriously injured on NSW roads. Deaths rose by 14 from 29 and serious injuries rose by 127 from 690 in the same period in the year prior.
Remember to prepare and take care over the break because safety never takes a holiday.
Arumpo Road sealing has commenced
Arumpo Road sealing has commenced
Contractors commenced sealing the first 13 kilometre section of Arumpo Road on Monday 18 November 2024.
Key project details:
24.52km section of road upgrades including 2 x 100mm sub base layers with 25 pieces of plant utilised on the project
Works commenced in June 2024
Expected completion of March 2025
Funding consists of $5 million (Australian Government) and $1.25 million (NSW Government)
New weekly bus service from 18 November – Broken Hill to Mildura
Travel from Broken Hill to Mildura and back every Monday.
For more information, view the flyer below or visit: cdcbrokenhill.com.au
Lights flash on buses to warn motorists that buses are picking up and dropping off children
Lights flash on buses to warn motorists that buses are picking up and dropping off children.
You must slow down to 40km/h when overtaking or passing a bus displaying flashing lights, unless a lower speed limit applies.
You can help keep children safe by:
🏫 Sticking to the speed limit and following the road rules in school zones
🚌 Slowing down to 40km/h when bus lights are flashing, unless a lower speed limit applies
🚸 Looking out for children crossing the road near bus stops, in school zones or along bus routes
⤴️ Giving way to buses when they merge back into traffic.
For more information visit: transport.nsw.gov.au/roadsafety/road-users/drivers/be-bus-aware