Learning Their Road Rules

Primary school children in the Gisborne district are at present learning their road rules and traffic sense in a practical and effective way with the use of a Shell traffic trainer.....a model town of four blocks complete with pedal cars, bicycles, and footpaths.

Supervising the children in their activities is traffic instructor L. N. Hutchison. Senior pupils of the schools are given the responsibility of controlling the younger ones, a task they perform with conscientious efficiency.

The pictures on these pages were taken when a demonstration of the trainer was being given at Kaiti School for the benefit of parents.

Len Wills and Christine Coleman move down a road under the watchful eye of Traffic Officer Hutchison.

Motorist Wayne Birrel......

.....and cyclist Christopher Murray, prepare to stop

Displaying perfect hand signals, two girls wait at an intersection for Margaret Wilcox to pass in her car.

At a pedestrian crossing, Marilyn Robinson questions Gaylene Dearness, Tristin Ogilvie, and Daniel Glover on road crossing rules....

.....and waits for Yvonne Campbell and Evelyn Williams to pass with their vehicle.

Ross Stevens gives an excellent turn signal as he is pushed long by Christine Wilcox

Kaiti headteacher, Mr J. M. White, flanked by Traffic Officers C. Horniblow and Hutchison, speaks to parents

Cheryl Benson shows the parents how to drive

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The Gisborne Photo News

No 112 : October 3, 1963

Learning Their Road Rules