I was thrilled when I saw this in the paper. I just hope the gutless politicians in city hall have the backbone to make it so.
1. If you are a parent you should be supervising your children in playgrounds in the first place
2. If you are a parent - teach your kids not play in traffic
3. If you are a driver and see kids that have not been taught to stay away from the road, slow down, whether you are in a school zone, playground zone or the autobahn - hell we do it when we see wildlife, you would think children would rate.
4. If you are a city planner, don't put play grounds next to busy roads, or at least put a fence up
5. If you are a kid - don't play in traffic
I believe one of the articles in the paper quoted that there was no difference in safety in cities without playground zones. Of the school zones I drive by regularly, less than 1 in 20 have ever had any number of children in them. I am sure that there is a policing effort to enforce all of these zones, and perhaps the policing could be used elsewhere.
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