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I'm the PP at the start of this post. One of the things we MUST do is to teach and reenforce -- reenforce, reenforce, reenforce, reenforce. How is a crossing guard stopping traffic that has a green light reenforcing to kids that they should wait for the light to be in their favor? They wait on the sidewalk until the flashing light changes and the street light changes. Yet the crossing guards walk out into oncoming traffic to stop it so they can cross. This does NOT reenforce safety rules.

Also, there are crossing guards at intersections with 4-way stop signs, on roads that have speed limits of 25 mph, stepping out into the street so kids can cross. These are not kids with special needs. They should be able to master simple skills like this.[/quote]

PP, you know why there are crossing guards at intersections like that? Because drivers don't stop at stop signs, don't stop for pedestrians in crosswalks, and don't stop for pedestrians in crosswalks at stop signs. Let's focus on that. Licensed drivers should be able to master simple skills like that.[/quote]

Agree. As long as we live in a society where people think being caught on camera or forced to follow the rules is the only way they'll do it, we can't function together. PSAs are helpful. In Montgomery County they have periodic PSAs where they talk about driver safety laws (usually in tandem with ticketing enforcement pushes).

We definitely can't have a crossing guard at every single intersection.[/quote]

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