THE TRAFFIC SENSE
" There is a very natural concern for the safety of children," said the Yorkshire Post, commenting on a report issued in Great Britain analysing fatal accidents in 1935. " More than 10 per cent, of the pedestrians killed were under the age of five. More than 17 per cent, were between the ages of five and 11.
" This means that parents relax their control over children between the ages of fiv*> and 11, not realising that until the age of 11 the average
child does not acquire a 'traffic {Sense.' More than half the pedestrians killed happened to be over the age of 60. "It should be remembered that none of them grew up with the motor traffic. Their childhood and youth are associated with very different traffic conditions, and their reactions to modern traffic are not so spontaneous or so automatic as the reactions of those who are reaching middle age. It is more than probable, therefore, that the casualties among people of over 60 will decrease with the years. But the problem of protecting the child remains."
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23055, 4 December 1936, Page 7
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