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Show Year Without Child Traffic Fatality Turns Eyes of Nation on Kansas City The municipal court judge helps. If you merely sre Involved In an accident, youc fin probably will be 12ft. But If evidence shows you endangered school children, you can depend on a (100 fins and IS days in Jail. KANSAS CITY, Nuv. UTt Cities from coast to coast ars showering Kansas City with Inquiries In-quiries as to how Its more than 400,000 residents made such an amazing (cord year without one child being killed in traffic accident. On the night of October all child hears about safely from th specially trained policeman on the school corner. It coma to . him through his radio at home. He has a part In' it by belonging to tha Junior Safety council, a self-governing body for pupils In tha fourth, fifth and sixth grades. Then, are soma 40,000 members In Kansas Kan-sas City. downtown atop lights war turned red and ill traffic Hupped fur on minute, celebrating paaaag of an entire year without a single -child traffic fatality. Now tha-record tha-record baa passed 13 months. What's th answer? Permeation Permea-tion of safety methods and safety psychology into every nook and cranny of a child's life. Th mail man brings him safety advice from the office of th Kanaas City Safety council. His school teacher teach-er gives him lessons in safety. Loud speakers from two folic "Voir of Safety" cars blare warnings warn-ings from th street corners. Th Th Junior Safety council han-dles han-dles th all-Important safety pa trola. Portable stop signs, used only during school dismissal neural emphasize safety aa contrasted with permanent signs. Safety -perts here point out the permanent perma-nent signs lose their value when they remain in sight during hour when they serve no purpose. Th- park board doea Ita part by providing off-the-street playing spar. Th city employ a full-time trafflo engineer who studies how to eliminate hazards. |