STOP FOR SAFETY SAM LIVINGSTON SCHOOL TRAFFIC SAFETY TIPS. Our children are at risk. Please help make streets around our school safer for kids.

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1 Our children are at risk. Please help make streets around our school safer for kids. STOP FOR SAFETY SAM LIVINGSTON SCHOOL TRAFFIC SAFETY TIPS Without patrols, street safety is now up to you.

2 During pick up and drop off in an average week at Sam Livingston, at least: 75 cars speed 139 cars stop or park illegally 75 people jaywalk 16 cars make illegal turns. TAKE TIME FOR SAFETY Talk to your kids about traffic safety and show them how it s done. SLOW DOWN. CROSS SAFELY. PARK LEGALLY. FOLLOW THE RULES. Build extra time into your schedule so you are not tempted to cut corners where safety is concerned. Walk your kids to school or have them take the bus. Avoid backing up - children are small and unpredictable.

3 Your child s view of traffic Children have yet to develop the skills they need to be safe in traffic. Until around the age of eight, it is hard for children to tell whether a vehicle is moving, or judge speed and distance. Children believe that if they can see a car, the car s driver can see them. Kids are often too small to see around parked cars, bushes and other obstacles - and it is hard to spot them. Children are not able to tell whether there is enough time to safely cross the road before a vehicle passes, especially as speeds increase. Their field of vision is a third narrower than that of an adult. They cannot anticipate how a car may move in traffic. They are easily distracted, focusing on one thing at a time. Children think cars can stop instantly. Most pedestrian traffic injuries in five to nine year olds happen when crossing in the middle of the block. Ten to 14-year-olds are more likely to be hurt at intersections. Adapted from The Pedestrian Crossing Control Manual for British Columbia and information distributed by the Canadian Institute of Child Health, November Source:

4 Slow Slow down down - - we have we have lots lots of of kids kids here! here! ALLEY The parking lot is just for staff. No No u-turns! u-turns! Avoid this sec s of ofbonavista LAK Our School ALLEY We all have busy lives, but the We all have busy lives, but the safety safety of our of our children children should should always always come come first. first. How How can can you you help help ease ease traffic traffic problems around Sam Sam Livingston School? School? A good place to drop off, but watch the No Parking signs. South to tocanyon Meadows Bus stop C th c p Cross at atthe crosswalk. BONAVENTURE DRIVE LAKE BONAVISTA DRIVE LAKE SCHOOL BONAVISTA AND CITY DRIVE BUS ZONE - SCHOOL This area AND is very CITY busy. BUS ZONE Snow buildup - reduces the driving area even This more. area Avoid is very this busy. area Snow to make buildup it safer reduces for the many driving students area even who more. useavoid the buses this area eachto day. make it safer for the many students who use Keep the buses in mind each that day. the school parking lot is only for staff. Loading and unloading children is prohibited. Keep in mind that the school parking lot is only for staff. Loading and unloading children is prohibited. If Sto of th

5 ection sta Drive Drive. E BONAVISTA DRIVE North to Anderson Road LAKE TOPAZ Please Please choose choose safety over convenience Obey hildren rossing! e safety BONAVENTURE DRIVE, atrol! NEXT NEXT TO TO THE THE PLAYGROUND - Another action-packed area - pay close Another action-packed area - pay close Park Park attention here. Do not stop or park beside the attention here. Do not stop or park in the bus zone. park and in the bus zone. walk. More More parking parking - - If Ifpossible: remember but stay away to at the south from driveways Stop near the fence opening at the stay away from end of the playground. driveways. south end of the playground. Watch your child enter the supervised area. Watch your child enter the supervised area. Go on your way. Continue on your way. Think about parking further away and walking to school. Think This leaves about room parking for further other parents away and dropping walking kids to off school. This or leaves who have room babies for other and parents toddlers. dropping kids off or who have babies and toddlers. If you use the alley around Sam Livingston School to drop Consider using the alleys around Sam Livingston School to drop off off or pick up, please park on the side next to the field. or pick up. Park on the side next to the field. Help us to stay on good terms with our neighbors - drive slowly and do not Help block us to garage stay on entries, good driveways terms with or our lanes. neighbors - do not block garage entries, driveways or lanes. you are late and want to see your child into school, park and walk. If you are late and want to see your child into the school, park pping in bus zones, even just long enough to let your kids out and walk. Stopping in bus zones, even just long enough to let e car, is illegal. your kids out of the car, is illegal. BETTER LATE AND SAFE! BETTER LATE AND SAFE!

6 Read the signs These signs all appear next to Sam Livingston School. Calgary police and parking authorities routinely monitor our school, often during peak times. School Bus Zone/No Parking Zone (School Days 7 AM - 5 PM) Bus zones are reserved for buses No stopping, parking, dropping off or picking up is allowed in a bus zone. Penalty: $36-50 and possible tow U-Turns No u-turns are permitted on the streets next to Sam Livingston s school grounds, on either Bonaventure or Lake Bonavista Drive. Penalty: $115 Pedestrian Crossings Pedestrians have the right of way Vehicles must yield Penalty for failing to yield to a pedestrian: $575 Jaywalking penalty: $57

7 Breaking the law will cost you! Playground Zone 30 km an hour is the highest speed allowed in a playground zone from 8:30 a.m. until one hour after sunset. No passing is allowed. Speeding penalty: $57 and up Passing penalty: $172 and two or more demerits School Parking Lot The parking lot is strictly reserved for staff. No stopping, parking, dropping off or picking up is allowed. Turning into the lot or backing out between school buses is also prohibited. Without patrols, street safety is up to you As of autumn 2010, the safety patrol will no longer be in place at Sam Livingston School. Whether driving or walking, please take care. Teach your child to stop, look and listen when crossing streets or alleys. Cross in a group whenever possible. Children will do as you do - think twice before jaywalking, crossing against the light or between parked cars or buses.

8 SAM S SAFE STREETS PLEDGE Help protect our kids by making this commitment to traffic safety at Sam Livingston School. When driving or walking children to and from school: We will choose safety over convenience. We will obey all traffic signs and laws. We will always use crosswalks. Even when late, we will model good behavior and not take unsafe shortcuts, make u-turns or let children out in bus zones. We will support recording license plate numbers of those not following posted signs and traffic laws. COURTESY OF SAM LIVINGSTON SCHOOL COUNCIL