Safety checklist

Children under the age of 10 need to cross the street with an adult or older child. Keep children safe - be a good role model. Children do what adults do.

Walk with your children and practise these tips:

• STOP, LOOK and LISTEN for traffic
• Cross only at corners, traffic lights and crosswalks
• Cross when it is safe
• Obey crossing signals and crossing guards
• Remove head phones and turn off cell phones when crossing
• Never run into the street
• Wear light-coloured or reflective clothing on dark or cloudy days

Kids and traffic

Children under the age of 10 years are most at risk for pedestrian related injuries.

Here's why:

• They have more difficulty determining the direction of sound and judging distance or speed
• They can't see out of the corners of their eyes as well as adults
• They haven't developed the ability to react to traffic
• They don't realize that drivers are paying attention to other things, and not just them
• They don't understand that it takes longer to stop on wet or snowy roads

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Last updated August 2009