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Roy · 14-06-2005, 11:11

I'm just wondering what on earth happened to teaching kids and pedestrians about road safety? Why has all focus been directed onto the drivers of cars? All well and good that slowing down to 10 miles per hour reduces injuries, but if the pedestrian/child is not in the road in the first place then they will suffer no injury at all. When I was a child we had adverts on the TV featuring charlie and co and it drummed into us the green cross code and all about STOP, LOOK and LISTEN. Why are these campaigns no longer in action? Targetting drivers is pointless as there will always be idiots, targetting children when they are young and teaching them sense and road awareness has got to be a better way.

14-06-2005, 11:11	#1
Roy Administrator Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Accrington Posts: 2,741 Blog Entries: 2 Liked: 18 times Rep Power: 2427	What happened to the green cross code? I'm just wondering what on earth happened to teaching kids and pedestrians about road safety? Why has all focus been directed onto the drivers of cars? All well and good that slowing down to 10 miles per hour reduces injuries, but if the pedestrian/child is not in the road in the first place then they will suffer no injury at all. When I was a child we had adverts on the TV featuring charlie and co and it drummed into us the green cross code and all about STOP, LOOK and LISTEN. Why are these campaigns no longer in action? Targetting drivers is pointless as there will always be idiots, targetting children when they are young and teaching them sense and road awareness has got to be a better way.