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| Children need adult supervision where ever a car might be moving. This includes: |
- Quiet Streets
- Footpaths
- Roundabouts
- Residential areas
- Traffic lights
- Car Parks
- Local Streets
- Driveways
- Busy Streets
- Around schools
- Pedestrian crossing
- Shopping centres
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| Walking |
- Parents or guardians should meet your child at the school gate.
- Children up to eight years of age should hold an adult’s hand even when walking on a footpath. Eight to ten years of age is appropriate when crossing the road.
- Adults should not call children across the road, instead teach them to wait until you cross the road to them.
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| Holding of hands |
Young children may not effectively use their hearing and vision and lack appropriate skills to make safe decisions when in road traffic environment. Consequently, parents/guardians are encouraged to hold their children’s hand as a means of protection.
- Young children need adult support, supervision and guidance. Regardless of whether it is in a quiet or congested area/road/location, children’s hands should be held.
- Should the adult be unable to offer a hand, allow the child to hold onto their clothing, bag, etc.
- Encourage and praise the children when they hold your hand as a means of positive enforcement.
- Children may know how to cross the road and/or be able to recite a road safety message, but this does not mean that they possess the skills and understanding to cross safely.
- Adults need to be role model; talk and practice safe road behaviours
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| Commentary Walking |
(the ability for adults to talk with their children about road safety behaviour while practicing it)
- Speak about what they do whilst crossing the road
- Why and how to stop at the curb
- How to determine when it is safe to cross the road
- The sounds to pay attention to and listen for before crossing a road
- Explain when it is safe to cross the road and why
- Why they have to keep checking the road until the are safe and securely on the pavement.
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| Safe School Crossings |
- Adults should ensure that children use the school or children’s crossing.
- Some schools have a scholar patrol programme running, where the supervised school crossing can show learners when it is safe to cross the road.
- Drivers must reduce car speed and stop should school supervisor show the ‘STOP’ children crossing sign. They may proceed when crossing is clear.
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