Local government, industry and the South West community are joining together to improve road safety through the Road Ribbon for Road Safety campaign.
Collie Police Senior Sergeant Heath Soutar said the aim of the campaign is to get everyone involved in thinking about and promoting road safety.
“To support this, we ask individuals to join the cause and play their part by complying with all road rules, being alert and behaving safely on the roads,” he said.
“By wearing a free road ribbon and spreading the campaign messages to friends, family and colleagues, you are showing your support and helping to keep road safety high on the agenda as we head into the festive season.”
Senior Sergeant Soutar said that road ribbons are available from the Collie Police Station for anyone interested in supporting the campaign.
Speaking at the Industry Road Safety Alliance South West road safety campaign launch last week, Collie-Preston MLA Mick Murray said it’s important for everyone in Collie to get involved in road safety.
“[We have to] keep telling our young people it’s not acceptable to speed, not acceptable to drink and drive because the police can only do so much, the rest is up to the community itself,” he said.
“It really does come back to the individual and family groups to make sure that we don’t have those problems.”