TIPS FOR KIDS AND TEENS
TO PREVENT CRASHES
HOW TO WALK RESPONSIBLY
ON OR NEAR STREETS
Younger children should always be accompanied by a trusted guardian.
Walk against the flow of traffic on sidewalks or as far left as possible.
Wear reflective or visible clothing.
Younger children should always be accompanied by a trusted guardian.
Be alert to stationary cars that could suddenly start moving.
Do not use electronic devices or anything else that can be distracting.
COMMON CAUSES
OF PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS
- Speeding
- Inattentive drivers
- Inexperienced or new drivers
- Improper pedestrian crossing procedures
- Improper left turns
- Distracted pedestrians
WHEN IS IT SAFE
TO CROSS THE STREET?
THE CATCHPHRASE FOR SAFE ROAD CROSSING IS STOP, LOOK AND LISTEN.
YOU SHOULD:
STOP at the edge of the road.
LOOK both ways to make sure a car isn’t coming. Look left, right and left again.
LISTEN for the sound of oncoming vehicles, even if you can’t see them yet.
- Safest place to cross the street is through a crosswalk with a pedestrian crossing signal
- If there is no pedestrian crossing light, obey the car’s traffic light.
- Never enter the crosswalk on a yellow light.
- If there is no crosswalk, it is safest to cross mid-block if you are confident there is no oncoming traffic.
- Follow the instructions of crossing guards in school zones.
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