Schools and Playgrounds Traffic Safety

 

Help Improve Traffic Conditions Around Schools and Playgrounds

• Respect the 30 km/hr school zone and playground speed limit.
• Do not stop in a No Stopping zone for any reason.
• Do not park in a No Parking zone.
• Do not pass a stopped school bus with red flashing lights on. When overhead red lights are flashing on a stopped school bus, all traffic must stop and not proceed until the bus has started moving again.
• Do not pass other vehicles in a school zone.
• Yield the right-of-way to pedestrians at all intersections and crosswalks.
• Pedestrians should walk facing traffic, if there is no sidewalk, walk as far to the left as possible.
• Teach children to look left, right and left again and always make eye contact with drivers before crossing the road. Don't just assume the driver will stop.
• Wear fluorescent or brightly coloured clothing to be visible to drivers.