Charity Walks : Road Safety Advice
- A minimum age of at least 16 years is preferable.
- Where younger persons are included they should be adequately supervised by responsible adults.
- Suitable walking footwear should be worn.
- Bright clothing should be worn by walkers to help drivers to see them. During the day, wearing something fluorescent is best. In the dark walkers should wear retro·reflective materials.
- The Police should be asked for their advice on choice of route, time and day and their directions should be obeyed.
- In any event, heavily trafficked roads should be avoided, especially at night.
- Walkers should be started at intervals; mass starts are dangerous.
- The start and finish should be off the road.
- Walkers should be reminded of the requirements of rules 1-28 and the illustrations of signals to other road users page 71 of the Highway Code (1999 Edition).
- Where there is no footpath, participants should walk on the right hand side of the road, facing oncoming traffic.
- Any vehicles used in a supervisory capacity should not travel at a slow speed and thus cause obstruction to other traffic.
- In rural areas, walkers should be sure to close any gates they have to pass through, so that animals cannot stray onto the highway.
- There should be a follow-up system so that no participant is left behind needing help.
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RoSPA is a registered charity: Registered Charity No: 207823 Patron: Her Majesty the Queen RoSPA Head Office: Edgbaston Park, 353 Bristol Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham B5 7ST, UK |
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