What it is
Schools are areas of high student and vehicle traffic. Reducing speed around these roads ensures the safety of everyone.
Working with police officers and learning how to use handheld radar speed guns, students collect vehicle speed data from a safe position at the side of one or more roads around the school.
This activity can also be done independently of police officers with the support of a School Travel Coordinator.
Aim
This hands-on initiative enables students to monitor driver behaviour and raise driver awareness of the speed limit on roads around schools.
Students can share their knowledge with the rest of the school and local school community.
Learning opportunities
Back in the classroom, students can use the speed data for a statistical analysis. This can include the number of vehicles, the number of speeding drivers and, mean, median and mode speed calculations.
The data can then be used in a school-wide campaign that reminds the school community of the speed limit and encourages drivers to slow down around the school.
Available resources
Use our form to request the radar speed gun kit.
You'll get support with the radar speed gun from local police or School Community Officers (when available), or a School Travel Coordinator.