Selwyn Times: September 19, 2018

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Road safety signs
failed to comply with rules
• By Emily O’Connell
A COMMUNITY patrol
electronic billboard road safety
initiative had to be altered
because it used the word police
in its signage.
Last month Selwyn Times
featured on its front page the initiative
which targets speed, cell
phone use and other road safety
messages on signs that were
rotated around the district.
Police were involved in the
project, advising the best locations
to put the electronic signs.
But Selwyn Community Patrol
secretary Murray Allison said
the district council “objected”
to it displaying “CPNZ [Community
Patrols of New Zealand]
POLICE INITIATIVE” as it
could be seen as advertising.
District council road safety
co-ordinator Peter Daly said the
screen was advertising and it
was “deemed to be distracting”
when it flashed between that and
the main message.
“The flashing of CPNZ would
also leave people wondering who
they are, taking the focus away
from the road,” Mr Daly said.
CPNZ district representative
for Canterbury Ann Smith said
the district council asked for the
screen to be removed. She said
there had been a communication
breakdown between the district
council and CPNZ and it was
unaware of some of the rules.
Mr Allison said it was also
asked to move a sign which it
had unknowingly placed next to
a school crossing, stick with the
original messages it was sent and
just use one screen.
“The whole point was to make
drivers look at it,” he said.
INTERNATIONAL
The six original messages,
which were provided by police,
were “Less speed, less harm”,
“Drink driving, it’s not worth it”,
“Focus on the road”, “Seatbelts
save lives”, “Wear a helmet” and
“Drive distraction free”.
Senior Sergeant Kelly Larsen
said she was not sure if the sign
was advertising, but the district
council feedback was “absolutely
justified” and made for a better
trial.
Mr Daly said it supports
the trial “as long as it is used
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SAFETY: Selwyn
Community
Patrol members
John O’Hara
(left) and Murray
Allison and
Senior Constable
Andy Williamson
with one of
the electronic
signs which
did not comply
with agreed
guidelines.
in a manner established by
long standing safe advertising
practise, delivering agreed
messaging.”
He said there are New Zealand
Transport Agency guidelines
it works to with any roadside
advertising safety messages.
Mr Allison said it made the
changes asked but he felt using
the supplied messages “defeated
the point of it.” He said there
will be a follow-up meeting
where “no doubt all of these
concerns will be aired.”
2WEEKS
TO GO!
In Brief
LARGE SCRUB FIRE
Four crews from around Selwyn
contained a large scrub fire at
Karanga Rd subdivision on
Saturday night. Dunsandel chief
fire officer Ian Chatterton said
they were called at 7pm and it took
about three and a half hours to
extinguish. He said a crew stayed
overnight in case it reignited.
GOLF CLUB FUEL STOLEN
Police are investigating after
about 60-litres of fuel was stolen
from the Ellesmere Golf Club in
two incidents on Thursday and
Saturday nights. Constable Herb
Inwood said the golf club’s tank
was unlocked by thieves and
nearby containers were used to
carry the fuel. “Because of the price
of fuel, it’s sort of going to become
like cigarettes, they’re going to be a
saleable commodity,” he said.
WOOL SHED FIRE
Firefighters were called to contain
a fire in an old wool shed on
Hoskyns Rd in Rolleston early
Monday morning. Crews from
Rolleston, Lincoln and Burnham
attended the blaze which destroyed
the shed. Rolleston station officer
Phil Glen said they were called
just after midnight and it took
about three and a half hours to
extinguish.
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