Quedgeley News March 2012 Issue Number 189

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Get fit and stay fit at Quedgeley Health and Fitness club at Severnvale school Storage and Deliveries * Over 20 years Experience * Storage Facilities Available * Packing Service * Pianos, Antiques Gloucester: 01452 729007 Cheltenham: 01242 696921 Mobile: 07812 182212 Email: newmanremovals@live.com Quedgeley Based N E W M A N R E M O V A L S Professional, Friendly Service – NO JOB TOO SMALL! Cabinet gave green light for library consultation Gloucestershire residents are able to have their say on the draft library proposals. Gloucestershire County Council’s Cabinet agreed to start a fresh consultation into the draft library strategy on 30th January. The six-week consultation will last until 11 th March and Cabinet will then look at the feedback before making a decision at the end of March. The new draft library strategy was published in January and details a library service that includes a virtual library and an outreach programme for specific groups. It also involves a network of libraries including: 1.Main libraries – nine libraries open six days a week 2. Local libraries – 12 libraries open five days a week – with options for flexibility to suit local needs of which Quedgeley is one and where the opening hours have reverted to the original ones with no loss of service. 3. Partnership Libraries – 10 libraries run by the county in partnership with communities. Offer between12 and 21 hours of county library service. Building on the principle of sharing buildings with other groups to create a one stop shop for public services with the library remaining in county control. 4. Community Offer Libraries – seven libraries available to the community under an enhanced Big Community Offer As part of the consultation, the council will be asking people what they think we should do with mobile libraries and what level of support is needed through a new enhanced Big Community Offer scheme. People will also be asked for their feedback on mobile libraries, which are currently underused and expensive to run - the average cost per borrower is £76.70 per year. However, they provide a service in areas where the council doesn’t have existing library cover so it is exploring options and demand for joint public sector mobile services as part of the consultation. For more information and for details on how to have your say once the consultation, visit www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/libraries2012. Page 36 Mobile: 07977727759
Read World wide via our web site quedgeleynews.com No mobile when driving The Gloucestershire Road Safety Partnership started the New Year with a reminder about the dangers of using a mobile phone when driving. The campaign, called ‘Death Calling’ emphasises the effects of driving when on your mobile. In 2011, Gloucestershire Police issued 1,196 tickets for using a mobile phone whilst driving. The advice from Gloucestershire Road Safety Partnership (GRSP) is: • Switch off your phone before you start your engine – no phone call can ever be worth putting your life or someone else at risk. • Using a mobile phone when driving means you are four times more likely to crash.Your reaction times are affected, and even if you are hands-free, you are still distracted by the conversation. • Never make or answer a phone call when driving, or attempt to send a text message. • Callers have a role to play too, if you know someone is driving, do not attempt to call and distract them. • However tempting, wait until you are parked safely before you read text messages or make calls on mobile phones • The advice is simple – if you have a mobile phone, switch off before you drive off. Garry Handley, Driver Training Manager for the GRSP, said: “When you are focusing on several tasks at once, such as answering your mobile phone and driving, you can miss the most obvious things in front of you. This is why you are four times more likely to crash when talking on your mobile phone. Using hands-free equipment is also likely to distract your attention from driving, so the best advice from the Road Safety Partnership is not to use any telephone while you are driving or riding – turn it off before you turn the engine on.” Councillor Will Windsor-Clive, cabinet member for communities, said: “If you have your mobile phone switched on whilst driving, even if you are a careful driver, you will still be distracted by a call or text message.The best advice is to switch your mobile phone off before you drive somewhere.” Inspector Jason Keates, Road Policing and Traffic Management, said: “For almost ten years it has been illegal to use a hand held phone while driving, and breaking this law can lead to a £60 fine and three penalty points. Drivers can even be taken to court if we feel it is necessary, and if this happens fines will almost certainly be higher and disqualification is possible. The maximum fine in a court is £1,000 or £2,500 if the driver is driving a bus or a goods vehicle. Please remember that the fine for using a mobile phone when driving can be much higher that you think and prison becomes almost certain if a death is caused, so you tell me what call could possibly be worth the risk?” Along with inappropriate speed, not wearing a seatbelt and drink driving, using your mobile phone whilst driving makes up the ‘fatal four’ reasons why people die on British roads. Page 37
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