The City Council of Alhama de Murcia, through the Department of Police and Traffic wants anticipate any accident that might occur in our town and understands that the best way is social awareness through information.
It has therefore launched an awareness campaign that will influence the risk of not respect the traffic signs or crosswalks.
The campaign, which is scheduled to last until March 21, is directed both pedestrians and drivers.
With her, he tries to present the main rules of preferences in the crosswalks and safer ways to cross the road.
This is a campaign to prevent or reduce traffic accidents and improve pedestrian drivers respect to interim signals or markings.
The campaign consists of two types of actions:
1st Shares information and warnings to pedestrians and drivers in different parts of the town, from 4 to 10 March.
Actions 2nd control and reporting, drivers and pedestrians in different parts of the town, from 11 to 21 March.
Councillor Loca and Traffic Police, Sanchez Angela Eagle wants to influence that "the primary objectives of this campaign are to prevent or reduce traffic accidents at crosswalks and improve respect of drivers towards the beacon signals or provisional."
Moreover, the population requested their collaboration, with "emphasis on the implementation of the basic rules regarding traffic and pedestrian areas (streets and crosswalks single platform)."
Scheduled dates for controls
INFORMATION CAMPAIGN AND ALERT pedestrians and drivers in different parts of the town.
(DAYS)
1) 03.04.2013.
Points:
11-12 h.
Urban Center crosswalks and corner Avd Spain C / General Vidal Abarca.
20-20:45 h.
C / Murcia crossing C / Sanchez Vivancos and C / Corredera crossing Garden of Martyrs.
2) 03.05.2013.
Points:
14:30 to: Clean area market agents access control and information to drivers.
3) 03.06.2013.
Points:
11-12 h.
Central pedestrian urban Avd Espuña Health Center.
20-20:45 h.
C / Murcia crossing C / Sanchez Vivancos and C / Corredera crossing Garden of Martyrs.
4) 03.07.2013.
Points:
17-18 h.
Urban Center crosswalks and corner Mapfre Avd Spain.
18:45 to 19:45 h.
Espuña Avd corner C / Colón (both crosswalks.)
5) 08.03.2013.
Points:
12-13 h.
Central pedestrian urban corner Avd Spain C / General Vidal Abarca.
20-20:45 h.
C / Fountain Ral (along access Mercadona).
6) 10.03.2013.
Points:
11-12 h.
Avd Constitution against Information and Tourism Office.
18:30 to 19:30 h.
Espuña Avd crossing C / Colón.
(Both crosswalks.)
CAMPAIGN OF CONTROL AND REPORTING TO DRIVERS AND PEDESTRIANS IN THE SAME INFORMATION POINTS.
(DAYS)
1) 03.11.2013.
Points:
11-12 h.
Urban Center crosswalks and corner Avd Spain C / General Vidal Abarca.
20-20:45 h.
C / Murcia crossing C / Sanchez Vivancos and C / Corredera crossing Garden of Martyrs.
2) 12.03.2013.
Points:
14:30 to: Clean area market, agents in monitoring and reporting access to drivers.
3) 14.03.2013.
Points:
11-12 h.
Central pedestrian urban Avd Espuña Health Center.
20-20:45 h.
C / Murcia crossing C / Sanchez Vivancos and C / Corredera crossing Garden of Martyrs.
4) 15.03.2013.
Points:
17-18 h.
Urban Center crosswalks and corner Mapfre Avd Spain.
18:45 to 19:45 h.
Espuña Avd corner C / Colón (both crosswalks.)
5) 16.03.2013.
Points:
12-12:30 h.
Urban Center crosswalks and corner Avd Spain C / General Vidal Abarca.
18-18:30 h.
C / Fountain Ral (along access Mercadona).
6) 03.19.2013.
Points:
14:30 to: Clean area market, agents in monitoring and reporting access to drivers.
7) 03.21.2013.
Points:
11-12 h.
Urban Center crosswalks and corner Mapfre Avd Spain.
18:30 to 19:30 h.
Espuña Avd crossing C / Colón.
(Both crosswalks.)
Other Interesting
Duties of drivers
1) Always avoid the vehicle to stop or park on pavements, sidewalks and crosswalks.
2) No pedestrian or advance in their vicinity.
3) Respect speed limits and reduce it if when approaching crosswalks, especially in the vicinity of schools during school hours and out of these, as well as close to the health center, and when you can see dazzled by the sun or any other causes which obstruct the visibility.
4) Follow the signs and their order of preference, especially important include temporary or circumstantial signs and signals of the traffic police.
5) Remember that if we can find local festivities changes in normal signaling pathways by temporary signals or display panels (routes of processions for example).
Follow them.
6) During the course of events such as parades, races, and other sporting events in addition to the traffic police personnel can find partner or civil defense personnel duly authorized for the control and regulation of traffic in these cases remember to obey orders or directions, as they are authorized to perform their duties.
Duties of pedestrians
1) In areas where there are pedestrian crossing them, avoiding it by its vicinity or outside these.
2) If there semaphore signaling obey this signal and pass only with the green pedestrian light.
If a police officer who regulates the traffic is always attend their signals, remember that to the agent and semaphore signals at the same time you should always obey the instructions first agent, but these contradict.
3) Try to always cross perpendicular to the axis of the road, without delay or stop it without hindering the passage and others.
4) If you must cross a square or roundabout not do it for half that, but surrounding it from corner to corner.
5) As a general rule should realize that there is no danger before crossing, either because the vehicles are stopped or not come any.
(Look before crossing).
6) If you march accompanied by young children try to cross when they do they always holding his hand, and it is possible, as they can understand, tell how, where and when to cross.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Alhama de Murcia