Safety Tips: Walking

Safe Walking Tips

  • Look all ways before crossing at crosswalks. Keep to the right in the crosswalk.
  • Avoid crossing between parked cars.
  • Where there is no sidewalk and it is necessary to walk in the roadway, walk on left side, facing traffic.
  • Wear or carry retro-reflective material at night to help drivers see you.
  • Discuss traffic lights - green means go, yellow means wait, red means stop. Cross only at the right time.
  • Never chase a ball into the street.
  • Streets are for cars - children should play in the yard or a playground, not in the street.
  • Learn street signs and what they mean (STOP, crosswalk, etc.).
  • Never play behind parked cars in the driveway.
  • Watch carefully whenever walking behind parked cars.

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