‘Money well spent’: Brisbane City Council mocked over training workers on how to cross the road

IT WAS supposed to be a foolproof plan to set a good example for the thousands of people that walk through Brisbane’s CBD every day — instead, the city council’s plan to train its workers on how to safely cross the road has been mercilessly mocked.

Following a number of pedestrian-related accidents throughout the Brisbane CBD, the council is going to extreme lengths to improve the safety of its streets.

Earlier this year, council slashed the speed limit throughout much of the city to 40km/h and the “left turn on red” road rule was axed at a number of intersections.

But council has taken things a step further, releasing an interim report into pedestrian safety and revealing it would train its more than 7000 workers on how to safely cross the road.

According to The Courier-Mail, the thousands of Brisbane City Council workers will be trained on how to properly press pedestrian buttons, where they should cross the road and encouraged to leave their phone in their pockets while near traffic. Continue Reading @ https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/money-well-spent-brisbane-city-council-mocked-over-training-workers-on-how-to-cross-the-road/news-story/5f460832d39057b07d635fc9b906c313