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Manjusri Secondary School

Road Safety

Learn key road safety rules to keep yourself safe on and around roads.

Last updated 15 June 2026

Manjusri Secondary views the safety of her students and staff as being of utmost importance.This importance is reflected in the school’s Safety Vision “ Responsible Manjusrians with Strong Safety Awareness”.

Briefings are conducted regularly during morning assemblies to highlight to students the importance of adhering to road safety.

Common Causes of Accidents

Six prohibited road behaviors shown with red X marks: dashing across road, jaywalking, standing on centre line, playing roadside, disobeying signals, climbing barriers.

Crossing The Road Safely

Red circle with diagonal cross over an iPhone, Nokia phone, iPod, and PSP handheld console, indicating no devices allowed.

Do not play or use gadgets like handphones, music player or gaming devices. Do not wear your headphones or ear pods. This is to ensure that you remain alert to potential danger.

Woman in grey top and black skirt walking along a road near a lowered barrier gate carrying bags.

If there is no footpath, walk in a single file and keep close to the side of the road facing the traffic whenever possible.

Seven people walk along a sidewalk, each looking down at their phone, with green hedges behind them.

Smart phones can make you do non-smart things.

Woman in a white skirt crossing a road near a blue van at an intersection with green traffic lights.

Keep your head up and your phone down while crossing the street.

People gathered on a roadside near a bus stop in rain, some holding umbrellas, with a person lying on the ground.

Two students knocked down outside the school.

Collage of urban street scenes including a van on a road with debris, a sedan at an intersection, and a tunnel walkway.

It pays to be a responsible road user.Use the pedestrian crossings.

Pedestrian Road Safety

  • ALWAYS USE PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS

  • RAISE A HAND WHILE CROSSING to alert motorists.

  • USE FOOTPATHS and other walkways whenever possible.

  • DO NOT CROSS AT ROAD BENDS

  • DO NOT CROSS IN FRONT OF A STATIONARY VEHICLE AND IN BETWEEN STATIONARY VEHICLES.

  • ALWAYS WAIT FOR THE BUS TO STOP COMPLETELY

  • WALK IN A SINGLE FILE if you are walking in a group, always face oncoming traffic.

  • BE SEEN, BE SAFE - light coloured clothing when walking at night, or carry some reflective materials so that drivers can see you from a distance.