• Where there is a pavement or footpath, walk on it. Keep as far away from traffic as possible.
  
  
• Where there is no footpath, walk on the right hand side of the road to face the traffic coming towards you. Walk one behind the other at bends in the road or at night or if there is a lot of traffic. Take special care at right hand bends.
  
  
• If you are looking after somebody younger than you, always hold their hand when using the road.
  
  
• It is difficult for a driver to see you in the dark or in bad weather. When you have to be out
  then, always wear light-coloured or bright clothing. Fluorescent materials show up in daylight and at dusk. Always wear or carry something reflective at night.

The Road Crossing Code

1. First find a safe place to cross, then stop. It is safer to cross at subways, footbridges, islands, Zebra and Pelican crossings, or where there is a police officer, Road Safety Patrol or traffic warden. If you can't find any good crossing places like these, choose a place where you can see clearly along the roads in all directions. Try not to cross between parked cars. Move to a clear space and always give drivers a chance to see you clearly. Always stop at the kerb and give yourself lots of time to have a good look all around.

2. Stand on the pavement near the kerb. Don't stand near the edge of the pavement. Stand a little way back from the kerb - where you will be away from the traffic, but where you can still see if anything is coming. If there is no pavement, stand back from the edge of the road but where you can still see traffic coming.

3. Look all round for traffic and listen. Traffic may be coming from any direction, so take care to look along every road, and listen too, because you can sometimes hear traffic before you can see it.

4. If traffic is coming, let it pass. Look all round again.

5. When there is no traffic near, walk straight across the road. Do not cross unless there is a safe gap and you are sure there is plenty of time. If you are not sure, don't cross. Always walk across, don't run.

6. Keep looking and listening for traffic while you cross.

Crossing at a Pelican Crossing

1.When there is a Pelican crossing, use it. Do not cross on the zig-zag lines. At these crossings the traffic is controlled by traffic lights. Press the button and wait. When the red man signal is showing, do not cross. The lights will soon change and a green man signal will appear. Look to make sure the traffic has stopped, then cross carefully.

2.When the green man signal begins to flash, you should not start to cross. However, if you have already started, you will have time to finish crossing safely

3.A Pelican crossing which goes straight across the road is one crossing, even if there is a central island. Traffic must stop for you when the green man is showing. Some crossings do not go straight across the road. Here you must press the button again on the central island to get the green man signal. At some Pelicans there is a bleeping sound to tell blind people when the green man signal is showing.

Crossing at a Zebra Crossing

1.If there is a Zebra crossing, use it. Do not cross on the zig-zag lines, cross only on the black and white stripes.

2.Drivers need plenty of time to slow down and stop. Wait on the pavement near the kerb until all the traffic has stopped before you start to cross. Remember, vehicles need more time to slow down if the road is wet or slippery.

3.After traffic has stopped, walk across. Keep looking all round and listening in case a driver has not seen you. Watch out for overtaking vehicles.

4.If there is an island in the middle of the crossing, stop on it. Look all round and listen, and after the traffic has stopped, walk across.