Roosevelt Standard | 1954-04-29 | Page 10 | Spring Perils Children

Spring Perils Children Warm weather contributes substantially to the growing number of traffic deaths and injuries involving children, especially es-pecially five years and under. As parents, the responsibility of teaching children good safety conduct is especially urgent as they spend more time out of doors. The Utah Motor Cluo recommends that you teach your children the following safety rules: 1. Teach your youngsters to obey all traffic officers, school patrols, traffic signs and signals sig-nals and pavement markings. 2. Teach children in your home to use roller skates, tricycles, tri-cycles, wagons and scooters on sidewalks only never in the street or near congested traffic areas. 3. Go with small children to school, Help them to select and always to use the safest route between school and home. 4 Urge your children to practice prac-tice the rules they learn at school about crossing streets and playing in unsafe places. 5. Set a good example, then see that your children follow it when walking in rural areas or where there are no sidewalks. side-walks. Walk on the left side of the road, facingt4 over only when y0n 1 c' M destination, and onlv ing certain that thLafttr'i cars approaching att Adults take such tr, for granted. Children- -Acquaint your chiw d I these rules. See that t them. Your insistani y their lives. ce "lay ,