Transport and Parking

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Bee Safe Buzzy Bee

A program of community education to raise public awareness of the dangers associated with illegal parking in school zones.
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Bee Safe Buzzy Bee

In 2008, Waverley Council endorsed a program of community education to raise public awareness of the dangers associated with illegal parking in school zones.
Feedback from the driving public indicated that a major impediment to compliance with parking restrictions in school zones is a lack of knowledge and understanding as to why children are put at particular risk by parking contrary to parking signage. To remedy this gap in awareness, Council has produced and distributed educational material to clarify the limitations of parking signs commonly found in school zones and explain the rationale behind imposing restricted parking during busy drop-off and pick-up periods.

A further educational strategy was to involve local primary-school children, the most vulnerable of pedestrians, by asking them to use their imagination and road safety knowledge to design a school zone road safety mascot to be the “face” of local school zone road safety promotions. The mascot design competition was carefully developed with input from the Department of Education and Training (DET) to complement classroom learning around key road safety messages taught as part of the K-6 Personal Development, Health & Physical Education (PDH &PE) syllabus.

At the September 2008 launch of the winning mascot, Bee Safe Buzzy Bee®, Council announced that for a period of 12 months it would donate the net income from parking infringements issued in school zones to the Children’s Hospital Foundation at Randwick.

Since the launch, Bee Safe Buzzy® Bee has become a very popular visitor at local schools, community events and the Children’s Hospital at Randwick. As at October 2009, Council has donated over $40,000 for the purchase of essential equipment to help sick or injured children.