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Motor Caution(Continued
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approaching the bus from the rear jn a divided highway or street. On all other roads and streets the motorist must stop when aparoaching from either direction. Motorists must remain halted jntil the road is clear of children and the bus is again in motion. Also, bus drivers now must load and unload pupils on the same iides of divided highways on vvhich the pupils live.
“Children 14 years of age and under are involved in a high percentage of pedestrian accidents," Hanna stressed. “Last year in Virginia 30 percent of the pedestrian the pedestrian fatalities and 49 percent of the injuries were children in this age group Seventy-two children age 14 and under died in traffic as pedestrians and 10 were killed on bicycles. An additional 1,283 were injured as pedestrians and 563 on bicycles.”
Studies of schooi-chiid accident peaks indicate they follow closely the hours when children are going to and from school - morning, noon and late afternoon.
Hanna pointed out that parents can help reduce the dangers their children face in traffic on their way to and from school by helping them select the safest route. “Choose the route with the fewest streets to cross and let them work out the reasons why it is better to cross at one corner rather than another,” Hanna suggested. “Encourage them to face traffic when walking on roads without sidewalks, and to wear something
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