Road Safety
Bicycles
Bicycles are vehicles by law under the Australian Road Rules, with equal rights to share the road and an equal responsibility to obey traffic laws.
From the first of December 1999, it became legal for young cyclists in NSW, under the age of 12 years, to ride on a footpath.
Adults over the age of 18 accompanying a child under the age of 12, may also ride on the footpath. Children aged 12-18, in the company of an adult over the age of 18 and a child under the age of 12,may also ride on the footpath. All cyclists riding on the footpath must give way to pedestrians.
Council does have the right, under the new legislation, to prohibit all cyclists from certain areas, including those cyclists under the age of 12.
All cyclists must wear a cycling helmet in a public place,including roads, pathways, and parks.
Council also has an off road children's road safety training track, located in Holroyd Gardens Park on the corner of Pitt and Walpole Streets in Holroyd.
Download a copy of the Bicycle Safety Training Program.
Young Drivers
Young drivers are over represented in crash statistics in NSW.
In Holroyd young drivers represent about 20% of the driving population, but are represented in 34% of all crashes.
There are many reasons for this. The biggest causes of crashes in this age group are:
- inexperience
- risk taking behaviour
On 1 July 2007 new licence conditions for learner and provisional drivers and riders came into force. New demerit points, fines and licence suspensions apply.
The RTA hold workshops for parents and carers to advise them on how to help their children and others in their care to become good drivers. The workshops are aimed at giving parents and carers (and others intending to sign off learner driver log books) how to be a good coach and the best way to help the novice driver. It is not a Driving Instructor's course. For further information regarding workshops being conducted call the RTA on telephone 13 22 13 or email the Road Safety Officer: web2@holroyd.nsw.gov.au.
