{"id":551,"date":"2017-11-11T12:23:40","date_gmt":"2017-11-11T12:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/?p=551"},"modified":"2017-11-11T12:23:40","modified_gmt":"2017-11-11T12:23:40","slug":"safe-travels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/2017\/11\/11\/safe-travels\/","title":{"rendered":"Safe Travels"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Since 2005 South Africa has been officially celebrating transport month in October. I thought we\u2019d celebrate buy making not one, but two of my books available to read online.\u00a0 Both \u201cSibo Looks Right<\/em>\u201d and \u201cSibo on the Move<\/em>\u201d involve transport. Head on over to my website<\/a> and click on the links to read either book.<\/p>\n

Road safety is such an important topic. Every year thousands of people die on the roads. There are various reasons for this \u2013 some really stupid ones like drinking and driving, speeding, talking on a cell phone or texting and often un-roadworthy vehicles are also to blame.<\/p>\n

Sadly, often children are fatally involved in accidents and they are totally blameless \u2013 just in the wrong place at the wrong time. It\u2019s not like we have control over who we drive with. Wish our parental agents would be a bit more responsible when it comes to taking chances with their children\u2019s lives. We only have one, after all!<\/p>\n

But children also have to take ownership of their own lives and make sure that they know the rules of the road and use it responsibly.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If you are not sure what these are, ask your teacher or an adult. Or you can read all about them in my book<\/a>. If you can\u2019t be bothered to read the whole book \u2013 there\u2019s a list at the back that is easy to read.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSibo on the Move\u201d deals with etiquette when using public transport \u2013 especially things like the Gautrain<\/a> system \u2013 buses and trains. They have some rules to specifically keep people safe \u2013 like standing behind the yellow line when the Gautrain is approaching. Did you know that you should always wait for passengers to get off the train first, before you get on? A thing like putting your feet on the seat is a real no-no too \u2013 you would not like to sit on a dirty seat \u2013 would you? Sticking chewing gum under the seat is also just revolting. Listening to loud music on your cell phone is rude because it disturbs other passengers. Being kind and considerate on public transport is important.<\/p>\n

If you have not already been on the Gautrain \u2013 you should make a plan to go on a little trip \u2013 like my class did \u2013 we went to the National Zoological Gardens<\/a> for a school outing. It was such fun!<\/p>\n

Be safe and take care.<\/p>\n

Sibo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Since 2005 South Africa has been officially celebrating transport month in October. I thought we\u2019d celebrate buy making not one, but two of my books available to read online.\u00a0 Both \u201cSibo Looks Right\u201d and \u201cSibo on the Move\u201d involve transport. Head on over to my website and click on the links to read either book. … Continue reading “Safe Travels”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[25,34,2],"tags":[29,3],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=551"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":553,"href":"http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551\/revisions\/553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}