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Originally Posted by scrotnig
True, but 20 cameras outside a school won't help with any of that, will they? Unless you live next door to the school.
It's a media hysteria type reaction to say 'more cameras outside schools'. Waste of time. Most schools have a crossing patrol at peak times so there'd be little need anyway.
There's certainly driver education needed but this is no substitute for parents actually telling kids to keep the hell away from busy roads. This is not done these days. The attitude seems to be, if you get run over we'll sue and be rich. Abominable. It's always someone else's fault of course.
Kids need the green cross code...as I said. It was great, it was drummed into you, and it worked.
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I usually pick my 5 year old grandson up from school. The school is on a hill and 75 yards aove the school they have just erected new traffic lights. There are flashing school warning lights at the times when children are going to and from school and a lollipop lady is usually there but not always. I have seen many near misses when traffic has just kept on going when the lollipop lady in her flourescent yellow coat has been walking to the centre of the road and the driver has been speeding along at way over the speed limit. This has got worse since the traffic lights were switched on as drivers go even faster to catch the lights at green. I am sure that some drivers have the attitude that beating the lollipop lady is a game that they must win and that nobody has the right to slow their progress on the road. On a couple of occasions there has been the squeel of locking wheels as a driver has suddenly realised he cannot make it and jammed on the brakes. One of these days a driver will lose control when doing this and may wipe out a few kids on the pavement who know and are practising the green cross code.
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Originally Posted by scrotnig
Plenty of cameras already. More police catching burglars first please.
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Not enough cameras, although they would not be needed if everyone stuck to the speed limits. I would sooner have a burgler get away with it than have a child, or anyone, killed by a speeding motorist.