THE Crossgates Primary School Junior Road Safety Officers made the appeal this week for motorists to think about them when they are heading down the busy Dunfermline Road.

The Crossgates kids were the latest group of children to reach out to motorists as part of the campaign being run by the Times in partnership with Central Fife Crime Prevention Panel, the Cowdenbeath Community Police Team, local councillors, community councils and schools.

On Thursday the Crossgates Junior Road Safety Officers were busy preparing how best to get their message across.

Teacher Hannah Nisbet is the JRSO co-ordinator at the school and she said that Dunfermline Road had provided issues for a long time.

She said: "It is a very busy stretch of road in both directions running past the school.

"We had a session with the speed gun a couple of weeks ago and with us all kitted out in hi viz gear it seemed to have a major impact and the average speed over the time we were out there was 19.1mph, just below the 20 limit.

"Speeding is just one of the problems as parking can be chaotic in the morning and evening, but in a strange sort of way it is a natural control of traffic speeds past the school."

Community police officer for Crossgates, Hill of Beath and Cowdenbeath, Fiona Menzies, said that the traffic volumes on Dunfermline Road were massive but agreed that this along could prevent cars exceeding the 20 limit.

She said: "When the traffic is flowing the number of cars on the street can be such that doing any more than 20 is impossible.

"However, at other times there are vehicles going too fast and we need to educate drivers that safety is the important aspect that must always be in a their mind."