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Wednesday 30 May 2018
Trip of a lifetime
Drivers failing to stop Amy Russ Reporter
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The Tasman District Council is urging drivers to take greater care, amidst growing concern from schools on Salisbury Road that some drivers are failing to stop for children waiting to cross the road. Schools have met with police, the council and the Ministry of Education about their concerns at the behaviour of drivers at the crossings. Council Transportation Manager Jamie McPherson said the schools were reporting increasing numbers of near-misses at the marked pedestrian crossings. It was difficult for children to find an opportunity to cross as some drivers were failing to stop for them. “When the school patrol is operating and there are people waiting to cross, even if the barriers aren’t out, you need to slow down and be ready to stop to give the patrollers a chance to swing the barriers out safely. It helps a lot if drivers leave a reasonable gap to the car in front.” TDC councillor Dana Wensley adds, “we need to change driver behaviour
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Tripawd taken in stride Emily Beaumont Pip the Labrador who was found after ten days missing in the bush amidst steep and hostile terrain underwent the amputation of her right rear leg on Tuesday, May 15. She received spinal and leg injuries after plummeting over a steep bluff during a hunt with her Richmond owners in Marlborough’s Branch Valley, and as a result Pip’s rear leg kept accumulating fluid. “I went into the vets to get fluid drained from her leg for the second time in three days and the vet said her leg should be amputated as soon as possible,” says Maria Hart. Since the surgery at The Vet Centre in Richmond, Pip continues to make an impressive recovery and is walking around the block every morning. “She’s really great. Slowly does it, but getting the leg amputated was the best thing. She even seems happier,” says Maria.
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Maria Hart walks Pip who is adapting to life as a three-legged canine, the result of injuries she sustained from a bluff plummet. Photo: Emily Beaumont.
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