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There are some excellent educational resources at this link for teaching students safe pedestrian and biking practices: https://www.saferoutespartnership.org/safe-routes-school/srts-program/basics. We can all do a lot more to work with our own kids on these safety tips, and probably more via PTAs and other school forums.[/quote]

I'll tell you what's endangering kids in my neighborhood: drivers. Drivers driving way too fast, drivers on phones, drivers disobeying the law by not stopping for pedestrians in crosswalks (note that ALL intersections are crosswalks, including intersections where there aren't painted crosswalks), drivers rolling through stop signs, drivers barely even slowing down to turn right on red.

Until that changes, "safe pedestrian and biking practices" basically boils down to: Try really, really hard to stay out of the way of drivers, so that they don't hit you.[/quote]

I posted those resources and I totally agree with you. But until we can get our crazy neighbors to agree that our neighborhood needs sidewalks, the only think I can manage to actually affect is how my child operates when walking around. It's not a solution, but it's the one thing I can actually *do* to help keep her safe. [/quote]

Exactly. Empower your children. Teach them to be safe. I tell my kids you never know if drivers are going to stop. Who gives a crap if they SHOULD stop. I want my kids to come home safe at the end of the day, not insist they have the right of way.[/quote]

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