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A new scheme to help Mayo’s older residents stay safe when out walking is about to be launched as part of Positive Ageing Week which runs from September 26 to October 4.

The Road Safety Officer in Mayo County Council has launched an October bank holiday weekend road safety campaign with a hard-hitting commercial designed to make motorists think about their driving behaviour.

Some 200 schoolchildren will cycle their way through the streets of Westport next Wednesday, May 20 in a novel road safety campaign to test the young cyclists’ skills.

With road safety always on our minds, we are reminded the major dangers at Hallowe’en are not from ghosts and goblins…but rather pedestrian/vehicle collisions. To date this year 36 pedestrians have been killed on Irish roads.

Tomorrow (Saturday November 29) the CRC 102.9 fm flagship current affairs programme Saturday Forum will feature a debate on road safety.

A Mass will be held in St Mary’s Church, Westport on Friday December 12 at 7.30pm in remembrance of family and friends who have been killed or injured on our nation’s roads, or in any tragic circumstances throughout the years, from Westport and surrounding areas.

As we embark on our journey through 2009 it seems there will be a rocky road ahead.

A hard-hitting road safety message will be delivered to some 1,000 teenagers at the Royal Theatre in Castlebar on February 3 when they view the award-winning Roadsafe Roadshow. The event has been organised in conjunction with the Mayo County Council, An Garda Síochána, and the local emergency services. It depicts graphically how a night out ended in tragedy and permanent disability for one Roadshow participant.

The spirit of Irish culture will flood the streets in St Patrick’s Day parades across the county on March 17, but this year the road safety officer is requesting all parade organising committees to keep road safety at the forefront by encouraging entrants to enter road safety floats or groups highlighting road safety, to remind all road users that they can play their part in road safety awareness.

Cyclopes on our roads — which are vehicles with one failed headlight — are presenting a danger according to road safety officer Noel Gibbons, who said that “sadly, it is far too evident that many motorists are not checking that both of their vehicle’s headlights are working correctly.”