Kill your speed, save lives pledge

PLEDGE . . . pictured holding road safety pledges in Spindles, are (from left) Road Safety Officer Julie Williams;, Mayoress, Councillor Kay Knox; Youth Mayor Mohammed Adil, Oldham Mayor, Councillor Jim McArdle and Road Safety Officer Tracy Bowers

OLDHAM Mayor Councillor Jim McArdle signed a pledge encouraging residents to kill their speed.

Oldham Road Safety Officers set up a stall in Spindles Shopping Centre to give shoppers advice and collect information about their road safety habits.

The Mayor signed a pledge and encouraged residents to join him in promising to watch their speed between the hours of 3pm and 7pm — the time when most accidents happen.

A large television screen in the shopping centre showed some of the areas around the borough that have the highest rate of road accidents.

Oldham Council has received extra funding from the Department of Transport to help improve road safety awareness in the borough’s adult residents.

The officers will also visit other groups across the town to share tips on how to stay safe on the roads along with advice for drivers.